Some 88 distressed people of Gaibandha district got financial grant from Jatiya Samaj Kalyan Parishad (JSKP) under the Ministry of Social Welfare on Monday, reports BSS.
A function organized by District Samaj Kalyan Parishad (DSKP) was also held at the conference room of deputy commissioner (DC) at noon while deputy director of Department of Social Services Emdadul Haque Pramanik presided over the ceremony.
DC Abdul Matin said the present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been working relentlessly for the distressed across the country since 2009 to mitigate their sufferings through providing them with financial grant and other state run facilities.
Later, DC Abdul Matin formally distributed cheques of grant to the distressed and the poor students. Each of them received a cheque of Taka 5000 as grant.