25 get BJWT financial support in Rajshahi

A total of 25 journalists, including the family members of deceased ones, received Tk 7.20 lakh as financial assistance from Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust (BJWT) constituted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Rajshahi.

Of them, three were given cheques for Tk five lakh for treatment purposes while 22 other journalists’, hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, got Tk 2.20 lakh.

The cheques were distributed at a function held at the office conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) on Monday.

DC Shamim Ahmed accompanied by Additional DC Kolyan Chowdhury and President of Rajshahi Press Club Saidur Rahman distributed the bank cheques.

Addressing the ceremony, DC Shamim Ahmed said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is media-friendly and the formation of BJWT is a very much benevolent task for the journalists.