Absar Rafi : There is no outbreak of coronavirus now. So there is little distribution of relief among floating and poor people. However, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting Hasan Mahmood’s family organization, NNK Foundation, stands by these poor, helpless, floating people.
Dewanji Pukur Lane of Chittagong City this Friday afternoon. In front of Information Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud’s house on Nawab Sirajddaula Road, it was seen that more than two hundred people were standing in line; They had come here with the guarantee of getting free full-stomach food.
Packed food is being handed over to them after handling the crowd. The information minister’s personal officers and others are busy handing out food with absolute mercy.
In this way, the information minister’s family organization, NNK Foundation, has been distributing food to hungry people four days a week (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday) for the past two years. Some days Biryani; some other days, khichuri with fried fish; sometimes, vegetable khichuri or egg khichuri, and sometimes khichuri with chicken are distributed.
Abdul Mannan, a 50-year-old who came to take lunch on Friday, said, “Due to old age, there is no opportunity to earn money. I get food at the minister’s house four days a week. The food is delicious. I got a lot of help even during the coronavirus. I pray to Allah, may Allah grant the minister long life and keep him healthy.
Shipa Roy, an old lady who came to take food with her lathi, said, ‘No husband, no children. If I get it, I eat; if I don’t get it, I fast. I have been coming here every time since the time of Corona to take food. I prayed to God for the minister.
It is known that not only food distribution, since its establishment, but NNK Foundation has also stood by millions of people in various ways. Especially during the terrible days of Corona, the organization has supported the hungry people with food, clothes, cash, and food items every day. The gift of love has been delivered home to home following the government restrictions in strict lockdown. This unique initiative of the Information Minister’s family has caught the attention of Chittagong residents.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Hasan Mahmud’s personal officer Emrul Karim Rashed said, When people became unemployed and confined to their homes during the coronavirus, then the minister took this initiative to distribute food, which is still going on regularly. His wish is to continue this activity forever. And told the boys and girls, even after his death, to continue distributing food among the starving this way; This activity should never be stopped.
Rashed also said, However, even though this program has been going on for two long years, the minister never wanted it to be published in the media. The minister bears the entire cost of distributing this food.