2024-09-13 20:50:03
Adviser of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Information and Broadcasting said that the commemoration meeting is not being held on September 14 due to the lack of a complete list of martyrs in the uprising. Nahid Islam.
In a press briefing at the secretariat on Thursday (September 12), he said, ‘The commemoration of the martyrs is not being held on the 14th. The date will be fixed later.’
The information adviser said that 5 journalists died in the movement and 98 people were injured. This is the initial list.
He said, there has been confusion about the budget of this commemoration. The 5 crore rupees allotted for the commemoration will be spent mainly on the accommodation and food of the families of the martyrs in Dhaka.
Md. Nahid Islam said that the Ministry of Health is listing the dead. The list of 728 dead and 20 thousand 263 injured has come up to date. The date of the memorial service will be fixed after the final list.
The information advisor said that the committee has been formed to review all the projects of the previous government. All contractual appointments in the ministry were canceled during the previous government.
He said that the chief adviser. A 7-member ‘Julai Shaheed Smriti Foundation’ has been formed with Muhammad Yunus as the president and Shahid Muddar’s brother Snigdha as the general secretary.
Md. Nahid Islam said, there is stagnation in the administration. All of us are uncooperative. Various kinds of movements, demands are coming to us. However, there is no danger of a Secretariat queue. We will soon overcome the administration’s deadlock.