RAJSHAHI, May 23, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRC) has provided foodstuffs to 750 more jobless and other helpless families to mitigate their livelihood related difficulties being caused by the global novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Each of the families was given a food package containing 7.5 kilograms of rice, one kilogram of pulse, edible oil, salt and sugar each and 500 grams of suji.
BDRC’s Rajshahi city unit organized the programme of distributing humanitarian support at Rajshahi Collegiate School playground on Friday through maintaining social distancing and other protective measures to stem the coronavirus spreading.
President of the city unit and Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton accompanied by its panel mayor Shariful Islam Babu, unit vice-president Rejaul Karim and members Prof Mokbul Hossain, Prof Tanbirul Alam, Nawsher Ali, Dr FMA Zahid, Ariful Haque and Dr Abdul Mannan distributed the support.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Liton said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to cope with the present pandemic situation.
The government has been dispensing foodstuffs and cash money among the low-incoming and other hand-to-mouth families to mitigate their hardships being caused by the pandemic.
Earlier on, the unit provided similar types of food packages to 1,750 distressed families amid the Covid-19 pandemic.