Bangabandhu family to get 19 advantages

Secretariat Correspondent: The government has issued a gazette notification giving a total of 19 advantages to the Family members of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman including their security measures.

The gazette notification was issued from the Political Branch-4 of the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday.

According to the notification, the family members of Bangabandhu will get lifelong foolproof state security everywhere in the country, including their residences and free utility services.

They will also get overseas treatment, if required, with government expenditure, says the gazette, which announced the measures and facilities as per the Father of the Nation`s Family Members Security Act, 2009.

Each of the five children of Hasina and Rehana will now be entitled to get security of Special Security Force (SSF) and secure houses along with their mothers.

The 2009 bill widened the definition of family members of Bangabandhu by including children of his two daughters. In the previous law, family members meant only Bangabandhu`s two daughters.

The gazette notification will be effective immediately.

risingbd/May 26, 2015/Shafique/Aminul