Government to build 14,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters

The government will construct 14,000 houses for insolvent freedom fighters, said Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque today while addressing a rally on the occasion of "Service Week-2021" in front of the ministry.

Liberation War Affairs Secretary Tapan Kanti Gosh, freedom fighters, employees from National Freedom Fighters Council (NFFC) and Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust (FFWT) among others, attended the rally.

Marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and golden jubilee of the independence, the government has taken the initiative of constructing housing for insolvent freedom fighters, Mozammel said at the rally. 

On the services provided by the liberation war affairs ministry, the minister said "all services of the ministry are being rendered digitally to the subscribers…all the information is available at the website of the ministry."

The government recently started distributing honorarium for freedom fighters to their respective bank accounts through mobile phone messages from Bangladesh Bank, the minister added.

All necessary database software of the valiant freedom fighters has been included in the Management Information System (MIS), he said.