The Press Information Department (PID) on Monday issued a handout in this regard, referring to information gathered from 64 districts. Some 113,802 tons of rice, out of an allocated 143,067 tons meant for 10 million families, had been distributed across the country till Sunday, according to the handout. Over 30.6 million people — from six million families — have received a little over Tk51.69 crore in cash aid, out of an allocation of about Tk80 crore. The PID handout also stated that over Tk13.9 crore, out of an allocation of Tk15.94 crore, had been distributed as baby food aid so far among 789,000 people from 383,000 families. Until Monday afternoon, the health authorities in Bangladesh had recorded 15,691 Covid-19 cases and 239 deaths from the deadly disease.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 11, 2020 13:55 UTC