Govt to hold memorial meeting on martyrs of upsurge Saturday

The government will hold a memorial meeting on Saturday in the capital to recall the contributions of the martyrs who led down their lives in the recent anti-discriminatory student-led mass uprising that led to oust the Awami League government, reports BSS.

The decision was taken at the 2nd meeting of the Adviser's Council Committee meeting on Economic Affairs at the Secretariat on Tuesday with Adviser Finance and Commerce Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair.

After the meeting, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, also in-charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology, told reporters to hold the memorial meeting.

He said some related expenditure would be involved in this regard while the necessary purchase would be made under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM).

The day's meeting approved a proposal in principle to this end.

He informed that maximum Taka five crore expenditure would be made for the event to be held at the BICC in the capital.

Dr Salehuddin said the Adviser on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is looking about the preparations of the memorial meeting where the members of the martyred families and the students who took part in the movement are likely to present in the meeting.