Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday provided a financial assistance of Tk 83.125 million to 6,959 Qawmi madrasas across the country on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, UNB reports quoting her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.
Of the Qawmi madrasas, 703 are in Rangpur division, 704 in Rajshahi, 1,011 in Khulna, 402 in Barishal, 397 in Mymensingh, 1780 in Dhaka, 1,481 in Chattogram and 481 in Sylhet.
The financial assistance has been sent to the madrasa authorities concerned through the electronic fund transfer system.
