BSS
  03 Apr 2024, 19:59

1,200 Imams, Khatibs get financial support in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, April 3, 2024 (BSS) - A total of 1,200 Imams, Khatibs, Muezzins, Khadems and Hafezs of various mosques in the city were given financial assistance as Eid greetings to help them celebrate the holy Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
 
Each of them was given Taka 1500 like the previous years. 
 
Rajshahi Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton formally distributed the financial assistance at the city bhaban conference room this afternoon.
 
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Liton said the present government under the dynamic and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to ensure food security to the jobless and other poverty-stricken people.
 
Many poor, helpless and distressed people in Rajshahi city were also given financial suport to help them celebrate the joy of Eid-ul-Fitr festival.
 
He urged all development and volunteer organizations to stand beside the distressed people.
 
Principal of Jamiya Usmania Madrasha Mawlana Abdul Gani, former president of Ulama welfare council Maolana Ayub Ali, adviser Mufti Mainul Islam Ashrafi and principal of Maulana Mukaddesul Islam, among others, were present on the occasion.