Freedom Fighters’ allowance proposed to be increased to Tk 20,000
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Honorarium for valiant Freedom Fighters will be increased from Tk 12,000 to Tk 20,000 in the next fiscal year, according to proposed budget for 2021-22.
The government has allocated Tk 1,920 crore to this end. This allocation was made following the Prime Minister s announcement in February to increase Freedom fighters monthly allowance.
Monthly allowance for freedom fighter was introduced in FY2013-2014.
Besides, the government has also started constructing 30,000 Bir Nibas for the freedom fighters at the cost of Tk 4,122 crore to ensure their safe accommodation.
To improve the socio-economic condition of the greatest sons of the soil, construction of Muktijoddha Complex in every district and upazila of the country is at the final stage, according to proposed budget.
The new national budget proposes hiking the monthly allowance of valiant freedom fighters to Tk 20,000 from Tk 12,000. The proposal is in line with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's previous announcement in this regard. According to the proposed budget for fiscal 2021-22, the government will have to spend an additional Tk 1,920 crore in the upcoming fiscal if the proposal is
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 16 Mar 2021 11:20 PM BdST
Updated: 16 Mar 2021 11:20 PM BdST
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed the authorities to arrange accommodation on Khas or government-owned fallow land for freedom fighters who cannot afford to construct houses on their land. );
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She gave the instructions while presiding over an ECNEC meeting to approve a housing project for freedom fighters via video call from Ganabhaban on Tuesday.
Houses will be built across the country under the Tk 41.23 billion project, titled Bir Nibas , as a gift from the prime minister to indigent freedom fighters as the country marks Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s birth centenary and the golden jubilee of its independence.
Zafar Ahmed, Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 16 Mar 2021 03:02 AM BdST
Updated: 16 Mar 2021 03:25 AM BdST
The government is embarking on a project to build one-storey houses made of bricks and cement for 30,000 freedom fighters and their families who cannot afford to construct houses on their land. );
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Each 635 square feet house, to be called Bir Nibas, will include two bedrooms, two washrooms, a dining space and a kitchen.
A Tk 41.23 billion project to build the houses across Bangladesh will be placed at the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council or ECNEC for approval on Tuesday.
The offices of 64 deputy commissioners and the UNOs will implement the project to be supervised by the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs.
Won in the war, lost in the battle for living
Dilip Kumar Dey
Eighty-year-old valiant freedom fighter Dilip Kumar Dey has been earning a living by performing popular Bangla songs like Eto sur ar eto gaan jodi konodin theme jai in markets, schools, colleges and bus stands for the last few decades.
Dilip, a resident of Uttar Baghutia village in Bangra union ofTangail s Kalihati upazila, receives allowance as a freedom fighter and lives in Bir Nibas provided by the government.
But there is nothing left after paying the installment of loan taken to meet the various needs of the family. By singing the songs, the elderly freedom fighter earns money to meet the basic needs.