Govt’s gift to freedom fighters: Bir Nibash

Freedom fighters of Tangail now have a new address. Directed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) in Tangail is building 146 houses for freedom fighters in distress.

Of the 146, 117 have already been handed over while 29 are currently under construction, said the LGED executive engineer of Tangail. Titled ‘Bir Nibash’, the project is expected to cost the government Tk. 12.5 crore. The houses are spread across 12 upazilas of Tangail district.
The project was undertaken in the 2014–15 fiscal year. The single-storied houses are painted red-and-green, after the country’s national flag.
“Each 500 sqft house has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a corridor. There is a cemented yard next to the kitchen, a tube-well, a bathroom, and livestock and poultry sheds,” said Kazi Fahad Kuddus, the upazila engineer of Sakhipur. The executive engineer of Tangail, Deluwar Hossain Majumder, said Bir Nibash is one of the Prime Minister’s priority projects.
Fatema Begum, a freedom fighter from Boheratoil village in Sakhipur upazila, has no land of her own. She is very happy to be gifted a house by Hasina.
“I had no house. The Hasina government has given me a house with all facilities. I am grateful to her,” she said.
Some other freedom fighters in Sakhipur upazila to have been presented with Bir Nibash are Mohadeb Sarker, Abdul Mannan, Noyeem Uddin, Motior Rahman, Noor Mohammad, and Zakir. Veteran freedom fighter Abul Khair Munshi in Biswas Bekta area in Tangail municipal area has also got the present.
Asya Begum, the widow of late freedom fighter Abul Kalam of Gala village in Sadar upazila, is another proud owner of Bir Nibash. All of them said their anxiety over a roof above their head is now over.
Majumder said that of the 146 Bir Nibashes, 117 have already been handed over. Sawkot Sikder, chairman of the Sakhipur upazila parishad, said the Sheikh Hasina government has provided freedom fighters with a lot of facilities, which no previous government did.
The UNO of Sakhipur upazila, Rafiqul Islam, said Bir Nibash is an “extraordinary project of the present government for the landless freedom fighters in distress”.

Govts gift to freedom fighters: Bir Nibash

Freedom fighters of Tangail now have a new address. Directed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) in Tangail is building 146 houses for freedom fighters in distress. Of the 146, 117 have already been handed over while 29 are currently under construction, said the LGED executive engineer of Tangail. Titled Bir Nibash, the project is expected to cost the government Tk. 12.5 crore. The houses are spread across 12 upazilas of Tangail district. The project was undertaken in the 201415 fiscal year. The single-storied houses are painted red-and-green, after the countrys national flag. Each 500 sqft house has two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a corridor. There is a cemented yard next to the kitchen, a tube-well, a bathroom, and livestock and poultry sheds, said Kazi Fahad Kuddus, the upazila engineer of Sakhipur. The executive engineer of Tangail, Deluwar Hossain Majumder, said Bir Nibash is one of the Prime Ministers priority projects. Fatema Begum, a freedom fighter from Boheratoil village in Sakhipur upazila, has no land of her own. She is very happy to be gifted a house by Hasina. I had no house. The Hasina government has given me a house with all facilities. I am grateful to her, she said. Some other freedom fighters in Sakhipur upazila to have been presented with Bir Nibash are Mohadeb Sarker, Abdul Mannan, Noyeem Uddin, Motior Rahman, Noor Mohammad, and Zakir. Veteran freedom fighter Abul Khair Munshi in Biswas Bekta area in Tangail municipal area has also got the present. Asya Begum, the widow of late freedom fighter Abul Kalam of Gala village in Sadar upazila, is another proud owner of Bir Nibash. All of them said their anxiety over a roof above their head is now over. Majumder said that of the 146 Bir Nibashes, 117 have already been handed over. Sawkot Sikder, chairman of the Sakhipur upazila parishad, said the Sheikh Hasina government has provided freedom fighters with a lot of facilities, which no previous government did. The UNO of Sakhipur upazila, Rafiqul Islam, said Bir Nibash is an extraordinary project of the present government for the landless freedom fighters in distress.