Free saris were handed out to 184 poor, needy and destitute members of the Hindu community in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, ahead of the coming Durga Puja 2026.
The upazila administration organised the distribution on the upazila parishad grounds on Saturday morning.
The saris came from the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund in Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Maheshpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md Sajjad Hossain presided over the event. Matiyar Rahman, the member of parliament for Jhenaidah-3, attended as chief guest.
Also present were Ranjan Kumar, president of the Puja celebration committee, its general secretary Prabir Kumar, and Faruk Ahmed, amir of the Maheshpur upazila Jamaat, among others.
The organisers said the handout was meant to support poor and needy people ahead of the festival.
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