Published: 12:34 AM, 18 October 2026
Yasser warns strict action for Family Card irregularities
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Yasser Khan Choudhury, MP, has said strict action will be taken against any irregularities in the Family Card programme.
The state minister said this while inaugurating field-level information collection under the Family Card programme at the premises of Kadirabad Government Primary School in Moazzempur Union of Nandail upazila in Mymensinghon Saturday, BSS reports. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman had promised to introduce Family Card before the election and activities under the programme are now underway in line with that commitment, he said adding the Prime Minister implements what he promises.
He said no irregularities would be tolerated in selecting beneficiaries or collecting information for the Family Card programme.
The government has appointed officially trained personnel carrying to collect information under the programme, he added. They will visit every house to gather information about families' socioeconomic conditions, he said.
Beneficiary families will be identified through verification and scrutiny of the collected information, he added.
Therefore, there is no need to seek recommendations from anyone to obtain a Family Card, he said.
He said no one should pay money to anybody to include the name Family Card beneficiary list.
The state minister further said all those involved must remain vigilant to ensure that no eligible family is excluded during information collection.
Family Card holders will receive Taka 2,500 per month from the government through mobile financial services, he said.
The money will enable women to meet medical expenses, run small businesses and fulfill their personal needs.
It will also create opportunities for them to become financially self-reliant, he said.
NandailUpazila BNP Member Secretary EnamulKadir, Senior Joint Convener MizanurRahmanLiton, Joint Convener BabuPallab Roy, BNP leader AbulKhayer Babul and Municipal BNP Member Secretary RafiquzzamanBhuiyanMoni, along with leaders and activists of local BNP and its affiliated and associate organizations were present on he occasion.
