National Social Service Day today

National Social Service Day 2023 will be observed in the country on Monday at the initiative of the Social Welfare Ministry through different programmes.

This year’s theme of the day is “Unnayan o Sammridhir Agrajatrai, Desh Garbo Samajsebai.”

President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday issued separate messages wishing the success of all the programmes taken on the occasion of “National Social Service Day-2023.”

In his message President, Md Abdul Hamid said, “I welcome the initiative of the Ministry of Social Welfare to celebrate ‘National Social Service Day-2023’.”

For the massive development spree of information technology in the country, the allowances of social safety net programmes are reaching the doorsteps of the people through mobile financial services under the Government to Person (G2P) system, the head of the state said.

The president added that under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the work of rebuilding war-torn Bangladesh began soon after independence. Bangabandhu undertook various welfare programmes giving priority to the development of the poor and helpless people and strengthening social security, he added.

Bangabandhu set a unique example in the country and in the contemporary world by introducing an interest-free loan programme in 1974, the president said, adding that following this, the present government is implementing extensive activities under the social safety net programme for the development of the disabled, helpless and backward people.