3 personalities get Tk 0.7m from PM\\\'s relief fund
Thursday, 23 October 2014
Three renowned cultural personalities received grant of Tk 0.70 million on Thursday as treatment cost from Prime Minister's relief and welfare fund. Cultural Secretary Dr Ranjit Kumar Biswas formally handed over the cheques among the recipients' at his secretariat office in the city, an official release said today. Noted writer and filmmaker Chatku Ahmed received a cheque for Tk 0.30m, Singer Sanjoy Roy got a cheque for Tk 0.20m and Aziza Sarker, wife of poet, journalist and valiant freedom fighter Arunav Sarker, received a cheque for Tk 0.20m, according to a news agency.