, March 17 -- The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Administrator Md. Abdus Salam on Tuesday distributed Eid grants among city cleaners on behalf of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and separately handed over DSCC-funded assistance to imams and muezzins ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

The grants were distributed at two separate programmes held at Nagar Bhaban.

According to officials, the Prime Minister on March 15 provided cheques to city corporation administrators as Eid support for sanitation workers. A total of 4,950 cleaners under DSCC each received Tk 5,000, amounting to Tk 2.475 crore. The DSCC administrator formally handed over the money to the workers.

Addressing the cleaners, the administrator said that just as the Prime Minister extende...