DHAKA, Feb 20, 2024 (BSS) – The government has approved Taka 2 crore and 3 lakh for distributing among journalists and their families from Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust (BJWT).

State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today signed a document in this regard, said an official release.

The amount will be distributed among a total of 263 journalists soon.

Earlier, in the first phase of the current fiscal year, Taka 1 crore 89 lakh and 50 thousand was distributed among 236 journalists and their families.

The government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina established the BJWT in 2014 to provide financial support to poor, sick and insolvent journalists and their families.  

The trust has so far distributed Taka 33.74 crore among 3,932 journalists and their families since 2015-2016 fiscal year.