KHULNA, Feb 14, 2023(BSS) - State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian has distributed government cheques amounting Taka 88.66 crore among 71 distressed and marginal poor people in the city yesterday.

The minister handed over the cheques to the labourers and their meritorious children as financial assistance as chief guest at the regional Directorate of Labour Office premises.

Mayor of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Talukder Abdul Khaleque and Sheikh Salauddin Jewel, MP, Deputy Commissioner Khunla Khondokar Yasir Arefin and general secretary of city unit AL MDA Babul Rana, among others, addressed the event as special guests with Mizanur Rahman, Joint Director of Labour, in the chair.

The chief guest said, the present government has been working tirelessly for the wellbeing of the labourers and marginalized poor people.

“Government is being implementing various peoples friendly projects for their livelihood, she said, adding that government has already distributed Taka 92 crore, so far, among 20 thousand distressed people.
A total of Taka 700 crore has been deposited for labourers, she said adding that distressed people in various profession have already been taken financial support during the present government regime.

The JDL Mizanur Rahman informed that a total of Taka 10 crore has already been distributed in Khulna division, so far.