As directed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Bangladesh Cricket Board provided food and grocery packs to 6,000 less fortunate families by opting out of its regular Iftar arrangement during the month of Ramadan.
"We have already made 6,000 packs, which included food and groceries. We also have already started distributing those packs to the needy people," BCB president Nazmul Hasan said at the Academy Ground of BCB, where he also distributed food and grocery packs to the less fortunate people.
"Our honorable Prime Minister directed our party Awami League and its other wings to distribute food to the less fortunate, rather than arranging Iftar. It's really important to help the underprivileged instead of spending huge money for lavish Iftar program. From BCB, we also used to arrange Iftar every year but this year after the direction of Premier, we decided to opt out of Iftar event."
The BCB president distributed food and grocery packs to BCB groundsmen, security people and cleaners at the Academy Ground.
"We just inaugurated the program here. The packets will be distributed in and outside of some venues of Dhaka," Nazmul said.