<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today handed over the keys of ‘Bir Nibash’ to valiant freedom fighters, who are financially marginalized.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Prime Minister handed over keys to 5000 houses at a programme – held in Dhaka’s Osmani Memorial Auditorium – organized by the Liberation War Affairs Ministry with the Minister AKM Mozammel Huq in the chair.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The PM joined the programme virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The houses are being given away to freedom fighters as gifts from the Prime Minister, on the occasion of Mujib Borsho and 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The project, ‘House construction for insolvent freedom fighters’ – approved by the ECNEC on March 21 last year – is being implemented at the cost of Tk 4,122 crore which will come from government funds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main objective of the project is to construct 30,000 ‘Bir Nibash’ (houses) for insolvent freedom fighters, Birangana (women freedom fighters), widows and children of martyred and late freedom fighters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Named ‘Bir Nibash’ (Home for Heroes), each 635sqft house has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a dining room, and a kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This project is an initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to uplift the socio-economic status of financially marginalized freedom fighters, as well as widows and children of late freedom fighters.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cost of building each house is Tk 14,10,382, as per the official source.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Deputy Commissioners of Narail, Madaripur, Gopalganj, Gazipur and Kishoreganj, on behalf of the Prime Minister handed over the keys in their respective areas. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>