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The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has distributed Tk 966.7 million among the families of martyrs and injured victims of the 2024 July uprising.
Families of at least 745 martyrs received a total of Tk 372.5 million while 5,596 injured victims got Tk 594.1 million so far, CEO of the foundation Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho said at a press conference at its office in the capital on Friday.
Snigdho said the foundation has provided financial assistance to families of martyrs who sacrificed their lives and those who were injured during the student-led mass uprising.
He said they reached many private companies for employment of injured July uprising victims.
Family members of July martyrs and injured victims will be given jobs in various private organizations or companies as per their qualifications, he added.
Snigdho said the foundation received donations from the government and other sources, totalling Tk 1.10 billion.
The foundation's finance secretary Mohammad Ahsan Habib Chowdhury, executive member Sabrina Afroz Sebanti and media executive Md. Zahid Hossain, among others, was present at the press conference.