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Published on June 25, 2016
The Premier handed over the keys of the buses to the principals of the educational institutions at a function held at her official Ganobhaban residence on Saturday afternoon.
The educational institutions are Rangpur Government College; Dinajpur Government College; Government Bangabandhu College, Gopalganj; Proyas Specialized School at Savar Cantonment, Savar; Netrokona Government College; Rangamati Government College; Government Bangla College, Dhaka; Kurigram Government College; Jessore Government MM College and Cox's Bazar Government College.
Ifad Autos Limited, a sister concern of Ifad Group Bangladesh, and India's Ashok Leyland Company donated the buses in response to the Prime Minister's recent call to the well-off people to donate school buses to educational institutions.
Speaking at the function, the Premier reiterated her call to the rich people and organizations to donate buses to the educational institutions to solve the transportation problems of the students.
"If the well-off people come forward to this end, the demand of those schools and colleges which have no buses will be fulfilled and transportation problem of the students would be solved... so, I urge all rich people to donate buses to the educational institutions," she said.
While talking about selection of Proyas Specialized School for donation of bus, Sheikh Hasina said her government has special attention to the physically-challenged children to bring them to normal life.
The Premier thanked Ifad Autos Ltd for donation of buses to 10 educational institutions and hoped that other business organizations would be encouraged in this regard.
Earlier, Chairman of Ifad Group Iftekhar Ahmed Tipu formally handed over a dummy key of a bus to the Prime Minister. Each bus has a capacity of 36 seats.
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, PM's Advisor HT Imam, Chief of Army Staff General Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq, Principal Secretary Md Abul Kalam Azad, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, Managing Director of Ifad Group Tanveer Ahmed, Managing Director of Ifad Autos Limited Taskin Ahmed and Director Tashfin Ahmed were present on the occasion, among others.
Education Secretary Sohrab Hossain conducted the ceremony.
At the function, the Ifad Group chairman announced to donate another bus for Proyas Specialized School.
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