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PM's ride: Rickshaw-van puller Imam joins job

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Published: 13:20, 2 February 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
PM's ride: Rickshaw-van puller Imam joins job

Gopalganj Correspondent: Imam Sheikh, the 17-year-old who came to light after giving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a tour on his rickshaw-van, has joined a Bakery supply station in Bangladesh Air Force’s Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman Base.

Imam Sheikh on Thursday afternoon told risingbd.com that he joined the job as a supplier at Falcon Bakery in Jessore on Wednesday morning.

The initial salary of him will be Tk 7,984 per month and other benefits as per the service rules.

A regular rickshaw-van puller, Imam Sheikh was chosen by the premier’s officials to give them a ride for an hour in Tungipara on January 27. The premier was accompanied by her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, his wife and two children.

When the prime minister’s photo of riding the van went viral, media also highlighted Imam Sheikh.

The youth on Sunday expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, the Air Force has donated Tk40,000 for his ailing father and renovation of their house. Besides, his rickshaw van has been taken to the museum.


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