Financial assistance amounting to nearly Tk5 lakh has been provided to 12 Dhaka University (DU) students injured during the anti-discrimination student movement.
DU Treasurer Professor Dr M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury handed over financial assistance cheques to the students at his office on Monday.
Professor Dr Md Mostak Ahmed, DU dean of Faculty of Medicine; Dr Abdullah-Al-Mamun, chairman of Provost Standing Committee, were present at the time, among others.
Professor Jahangir paid respects to the memories of the martyrs of the July uprising and said that a committee was formed to ensure proper medical treatment for DU students injured during the movement.
This committee reached out to each department and institution, requesting a list of injured students.
Consequently, financial assistance for medical treatment was extended to those who responded to the committee’s outreach, he added.
