TDS Desk:

Ministry of Home Affairs today provided financial assistance of Taka 5 lakh to the family of late firefighter Md. Soanur Zaman Nayan.

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (retd) handed over the amount of the assistance to Nayan’s father Md. Akhtaruzzaman at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat, said a press release.

Senior Secretary of the Ministry Nasimul Ghani, Director General of Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence Brig Gen Muhammad Jahed Kamal, Nayan’s only sister Seema Akhter and her family members were present.

Firefighter Md. Soanur Zaman Nayan, 24, succumbed to his injuries in hospital after being hit by a truck while discharging duty in a fire accident at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

Earlier, the family of the deceased Nayan was given a cash assistance of Taka 1 lakh and another Taka 50,000 for burial expenses by the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence on December 26 last.

Firefighter Md. Swanur Zaman Nayan hailed from Atpunia village of Barabala Union of in Mithapukur Upazila under Rangpur district.