PM to launch Family Card trial distribution at Korail slum on 10 Mar

Bangla Press Desk:  Prime Minister Tarique Rahman would launch the trial distribution of Family Cards at Korail slum in the capital on 10 March, said Social Welfare Minister AZM Zahid Hossain on Tuesday.

Previously the inauguration of distribution under the pilot project was slated to take place in Bogura Sadar Upazila on the same day, but now the venue has been shifted following announcement of schedule for the Bogura-6 by-poll.PM Tarique’s participation in the inauguration programme would have breached the Election Commission’s (EC) code of conduct, and therefore, the venue has been changed, the social welfare minister told reporters after emerging from a meeting with the prime minister at the Secretariat.

On 10 March, the distribution under the pilot project would be launched simultaneously in 14 other zones across the country. Local ministers and lawmakers would oversee the launch.Source: daily Sun

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