Some 400 girl students in Panchagarh's Sadar upazila have received bicycles aiming to ease their transport problems.
The district administration arranged the distribution programme held on the upazila parishad premises on Monday afternoon.
The administration also started a rehabilitation programme for 185 beggars by establishing shops for them and some of them will receive goats and chickens under Local Governance Support Project (LGSP) and Beggars' Rehabilitation Project.
Land Secretary Md Maksudur Rahman Patwary, also the Panchagarh District Corona Prevention Committee Coordinator, inaugurated bicycles distribution activities.
Among others, Panchagarh Deputy Commissioner Sabina Yasmin, ADC (Revenue) Abdul Mannan, Sadar Upazila Chairman Amirul Islam, and Panchagarh Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Golam Rabbani were present.
According to the district administration sources, Tk 25.50 lakh has been disbursed for the bicycle distribution and rehabilitation programmes.
Each of 185 beggars was provided with a mobile shop with goods, three goats, 15 chickens under the programme.