PM hands over aid to Late Saiful\\\'s family
Friday, 17 July 2015
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has handed over a cheque of Fixed Deposit worth Tk2 million to the family of late journalist Saiful Islam Talukder.
Saiful’s wife Tahera Islam, two daughters and a son received the cheque from the prime minister in her official residence Gong Bhaban in the city.
Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, former ministers Colonel (retd) Faruk Khan, Dr Abdur Razzak and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Mahbubul Haque Shakil were also present during the time.
On March 14, Saiful Islam, also the joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, died at the age of 56.
Talukder, a former vice president of the Dhaka Union of Journalist, was working as a special correspondent of daily ‘Amader Somoy’, according to a news agency.