The Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust () is a

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owned trust that is responsible for the welfare of journalists in Bangladesh. The trustee board of the trust is chaired by the Minister of Information.

History

The bill to form the trust was approved by the

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on 4 November 2013. The Parliament of Bangladesh passed on 1 July 2014. The Bangladesh Journalists Welfare Trust was established in 2014 with an initial fund of 50 million taka from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Private media houses donated further funds. On 4 September 2016,

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, Media Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, handed over checks to 27 journalists from the trust at Chittagong Press Club. On 12 October 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina allocated 200 million taka for the fund. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed to sick journalists and families of deceased journalists in a ceremony on 7 November 2019. On 27 April 2021, Prime Minister of Bangladesh,

Sheikh Hasina Sheikh Hasina Wazed (''née'' Sheikh Hasina ; ; bn, শেখ হাসিনা ওয়াজেদ, Shēkh Hasinā, , born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Prime Minister ...

allocated 100 million taka to the trust to provide support to journalists during the

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References

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