Eighteen working journalists of Jhenaidah had received financial aid from the Journalists welfare Trust of Dhaka. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mozibor Rahman distributed the cheques through a discussion meeting on Friday morning at his conference room.
Additional deputy commissioner (ADC) Selim Reza, district information officer (DIO) Abu Bakar Siddique, Jhenaidah press club
president M Raihan, general secretary Mahmud Hasan Tipu among others spoke during the programme. Later the deputy commissioner handed over the bank cheques for an amount of Taka 10 thousand each among the selected journalists.
The recipients had thanked the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina when her government had sanctioned cash among the journalists rendering services during the corona virus pandemic.
DC Mozibor Rahman while distributing the cheques said the government has been standing by the media professionals all along as they (journalists) have been moving here and there to gather news item ignoring the deadly corona virus since the beginning of last year. The present government will be always with the journalists rendering services for all, DC said.
