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SANGSAD BHABAN, Oct 23, 2023 (BSS) - National Disability Development 
Foundation Bill, 2023 was passed today in the Jatiya Sangsad here aiming to 
bring people with disability into the mainstream of the society and 
accommodate them with the latest development works of the country.
 
Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed moved the bill which was unanimously 
passed by voice votes with Deputy Speaker Shamsul Huq Tuku in the chair.
 
While placing the bill, the minister said the enactment of the bill will help 
to ensure the rights and safety of the differently-abled people. "Prime 
Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to make the disable people as the 
inseparable part of the society", the minister told the parliament.
 
For the welfare of the differently-abled people, National disability 
development foundation was formed under 'the Societies Registration Act, 
1860' and it is necessary to bring the entity under a legal framework and 
that's why enactment of a law is essential, the minister added.
 
Terming the enactment of the law as time befitting, the opposition lawmakers 
said the enactment of the law is very much necessary for development of the 
disable people of the country as over 50 lakh people are disable in the 
country.

Opposition lawmakers Fakhrul Imam, Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, Rustam 
Ali Farazi,Pir Fazlur Rahman, Raushan Ara Manan, Hafizuddin Ahmed and Gano 
Fourm lawmaker Mukabbir Khan also discussed on the proposed law.