HIZLA, BARISHAL, Jan 20: Shipping Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain has said that the interim government would provide all-out support to the families of martyrs of the July-August uprising.
The adviser on Sunday came up with the assurance as he visited the native home of martyr Riaz, who was killed during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said a press release on Monday.
During the visit, the adviser met with the family members of Riaz and consoled them. He also handed over financial assistance to the family.
The shipping adviser also visited the grave of the martyr and offered doa and munajat seeking eternal peace for his departed soul.
Earlier, the shipping adviser inaugurated a pantoon at Hizla Launch Ghat located at Ghosher Char under the Guabaria union parishad in Barishal, naming the pantoon after martyr Riaz as a mark of profound respect and remembering the memory of the martyr.
BIWTA chairman Arif Ahmed Mostafa, director (port and transport) Areef Uddin, Chief Engineer Mahidul Islam, and Hizla Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Jahangir Hossen, among others, were present during the visit. BSS
