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Sherpur beggar gets house as PM’s gift
DHAKA, Aug 15, 2020 (BSS) – A Sherpur beggar, who set a rare instance by donating his savings to the government relief fund during the coronavirus pandemic, will get a new house tomorrow as a gift of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
“Sherpur Deputy Commissioner Anarkali Mahbub will hand over the key of the house to beggar Nazimuddin at 11:30 tomorrow,” Jhenaigati upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Rubel Mahmud told BSS over phone today.
He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave Taka three lakh to the local administration to build a house for Nazimuddin, and as per her directives, the house was built.
Earlier, beggar Nazimuddin donated Taka 10,000, which he saved in two years for repairing his house, to the government relief fund for giving the money to the jobless, poor and destitute people hit hard in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The house, where Nazimuddin lived previously, was basically constructed on a khas land, though Nazimuddin did not know it.
The government has also allotted 15 decimal of khas land to beggar Nazimuddin and the house was built on this land.
Nazimuddin, an inhabitant of Gandhigaon village under Jhenaigati upazila, said he is very happy as he is going to get a new house as a gift of the prime minister.
On April 22, 2020, the Sherpur district administration at a function also handed over Taka 20,000 to Nazimuddin for starting a grocery shop.
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