Each family of martyrs primarily to get Tk5 lakh, injured maximum Tk1 lakh

Each family of the martyrs, who sacrificed their lives during the student-led revolution, will primarily receive Taka five lakh while each injured person will primarily get maximum Taka one lakh from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation.

The decision was taken at the first meeting of the executive committee of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation held at the State Guest House Jamuna here with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair.

The committee has decided that each family of the slain martyrs will primarily receive Taka 500,000 and each injured person will primarily get upto Taka 100,000, the chief adviser's press wing said.

The compensation for the injured persons will be made as soon as possible, while cheques for the families of the martyrs will be handed over at a commemorative event in the capital._BSS.