The government is scheduled to launch the ‘Family Card’ programme across 14 upazilas on 10 March to provide essential support to marginal and low-income households.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will officially inaugurate the initiative, according to Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon.
Under this scheme, each recipient family is set to receive Tk2,500. The primary objectives of this financial assistance are to foster women’s empowerment and ensure they become financially self-reliant.
The implementation details were discussed during a meeting of the committee tasked with fulfilling the government’s election pledge regarding the Family Card. Chaired by the prime minister, the meeting took place at 12pm on Tuesday within the Cabinet Division of the Secretariat.
Prominent attendees at the session included Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, and Prime Minister’s Adviser Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir.
Also present were State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, State Minister for Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Farzana Sharmin, and PM’s Advisers Mahdi Amin and Rehan Asif Asad.
The meeting was further attended by Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Ghani, Press Secretary Saleh Shibly, and Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon.
Earlier that morning, the prime minister maintained a busy schedule at the Secretariat, arriving at the Cabinet Division at approximately 10am. At 10:30am, he presided over a separate meeting concerning the New Mooring Container Terminal.
This discussion involved Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman, and Shipping Minister Shaikh Robiul Alam.
Ashik Chowdhury, the chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), also attended the discussion.
