Shahidul Islam Rubel,Netrakona 

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman gifted a house to the helpless Shukkuri Begum (70) in Durgapur, Netrokona.on  Friday noon.

The newly built semi-pucca  house in Hojiura village of Ward No. 8 of Durgapur Municipality was formally handed over to the helpless Shukkuri Begum by the leaders of Durgapur Upazila and Municipal BNP.

 Former joint convener of the district BNP Bazlur Rahman Pathan, Durgapur Upazila BNP President Md. Zahirul Alam Bhuiyan, General Secretary Md. Abdul Awal, Organizing Secretary Md. Jamal Uddin Master, Municipal BNP President Ataur Rahman Farid, General Secretary Md. Harez Gani, Kullagara Union BNP General Secretary Shah Alam and other leaders were present at the time. BNP leaders said that Shukkuri Begum, a 70-year-old woman from Hojiura village, had been begging helplessly in a dilapidated thatched house after losing her husband, 1 son and 3 daughters. After the news of her helplessness was published in various media, the matter came to the attention of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. He immediately instructed Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Legal Affairs Secretary of the BNP Central Committee and Secretary General of the Nationalist Lawyers Forum, to build a semi-pakka house for the homeless Shukkuri Begum. Later, with the overall support and supervision of Barrister Kaiser Kamal, Legal Affairs Secretary of the BNP Central Committee and Secretary General of the Nationalist Lawyers Forum, a semi-pakka house was built next to the thatched house and the house was formally handed over to the helpless Shukkuri Begum on Friday afternoon. 

Helpless Shukkuri Begum is very happy to get  new house as a gift from Tarique Rahman. She  prayed for the good health and longevity of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and BNP Central Committee Legal Affairs Secretary Barrister Kaiser Kamal.