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Khalid distributes relief goods among shipping workers
DHAKA, April 23, 2020 (BSS) – State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud
Chowdhury on behalf of Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh today distributed
relief goods among shipping workers who rendered jobless due to the outbreak
of global COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
The state minister distributed 500 packets of relief goods among the
workers at Sadarghat Terminal Bhaban in the city maintaining social
distancing, said a press release.
The each packet of the relief goods included five kg rice, one liter
edible oil, two kg pulses, two kg potato, one kg onion and a soap.
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Chairman Commodore
Golam Sadeq and Shippers’ Council of Bangladesh (SCB) Chairman Rezaul Karim
and Senior Vice-Chairman Ariful Ahsan were present on the occasion, among
others.
Earlier, the SCB, in the presence of Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, provided
2,000 packets of relief goods to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on
April 12 and another 1,000 packets to Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor
Atiqul Islam on April 19 for distributing among the destitute people.
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