Nagad disburses PM’s gifts to 2,000 women

Cash gifts to nearly 2,000 distressed women across the country were disbursed through mobile financial service provider, Nagad, marking the 91th birth anniversary of Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent the gifts where each distressed women will receive Tk 2,000, said a press release.

The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs organised an event in this regard at the capital’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium on Sunday.

The PM joined the event virtually from Ganabhaban.

Digital financial service provider, Nagad, will bear the associated cost and cash out charges in disbursing the sum, the release added.

Jatiyo Mohila Sangstha, a national women's organisation, under the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs did the ground work of identifying and selecting the distressed women.

The entire Nagad family is proud to be associated with such an impressive initiative on Bangamata’s birthday celebration, said Tanvir A Mishuk, Managing Director of Nagad. “Nagad has always been a people-oriented company. It has always partnered with the government in such projects. With such effort we are bringing marginalised people under digital financial service and helping the government to achieve the goal of turning the country into a digital one.”

In the event, Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Secretary Md. Sayedul Islam delivered the welcome speech where the State Minister Fazilatun Nessa Indira MP and Dhaka University Professor and ‘Bangabandhu Chair’ Dr. Syed Anwar Hussain shed lights on the eventful life of Bangamata.