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BEZA-FOOD ASSISTANCE
BEZA provides food assistance to 700 workers at Bangabandhu Shilpanagar
DHAKA, May 9, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) today provided food assistance to some 700 workers of the country’s largest economic zone Bangabandhu Shilpanagar who were affected due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
BEZA executive chairman Paban Chowdhury handed over these relief materials among the workers which include 10 kg rice, 2 kg flour, 1 kg sugar, 1 liter edible oil, salt, vermicelli and 2 kg pulse for each worker’s family.
Following the announcement of General Holidays since March 26, the ongoing development activities at the economic zones remained suspended. As a result, the workers at the economic zones became jobless for the time being.
Under the circumstances, BEZA took the initiative to provide relief materials to these jobless workers.
Paban Chowdhury said food materials would be distributed among the jobless workers of other economic zones in phases.
BEZA is working to establish some 100 economic zones across the country of which the Bangabandhu Shilpanagar is the largest economic zone being set up on some 30,000 acres of land.
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