Govt to provide round-the-clock security for Bangabandhu family

FE Team | Published: May 27, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

The government will provide round-the-clock security for members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's family, reports bdnews24.com.
A circular issued Monday says they will be entitled to dedicated transport with fuel cost borne by the state. Cost of their utilities like electricity, water, phone and internet will be provided.
The state will also provide for the cost of medical treatment in Bangladesh and abroad for them as well as pay for a personal assistant and aide for each.
The public works department will be responsible for renovation and maintenance of their residences while the home ministry will take care of their security details.
The circular also asked for constant monitoring of residents of high-rise buildings around the residences of Bangabandhu's family members. It also instructed the authorities to remove any establishment that could pose a threat.
The home ministry's Political Wing -4 issued the order in keeping with the 2009 Act of security measures for the family. Bangladesh became independent through the 1971 war of liberation, which emerged out of a movement led by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On August 15, 1975, the nation's founding father and most of his family members were assassinated.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana survived because they were not in Bangladesh.
Hasina, the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu, is serving as the prime minister for two consecutive terms. The home ministry is one of her portfolios. Her son Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy is the ICT Adviser to the Prime Minister and daughter Saima Wazed Putul heads the national consultative committee for autism.
Bangabandhu's other daughter, Sheikh Rehana lives in the UK.
Her elder daughter Tulip Siddiq has been elected an MP from London constituency in the May 6 UK general polls and the other daughter Azmina Siddiq also lives in the UK.
Her son Radwan Mujib Siddiq lives in Dhaka now and is in charge of Awami League's research arm, the Centre for Research and Information (CRI).