Jamalpur rickshaw-puller donates to the prime minister’s relief fund Dhaka TribuneHazrat became unemployed due to the lockdown and had to move back to Jamalpur a few months agoA rickshaw-puller in Jamalpur has donated to the prime minister’s relief fund by selling his cow to contribute to the aid efforts of the government amid the coronavirus pandemic. Hazrat Ali, 65, a resident of Pathalia Chatar More area in Jamalpur municipality, handed over Tk13,000 to the district Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Mokhlesur Rahman on Tuesday. Hazrat Ali lived in a rented house in Dhaka’s Rajarbag area since 2006 and earned a living by pulling rickshaw. He donated the money he received from selling the cow to support those who have also become unemployed like him. On Monday, a cobbler, Milon Robidas, from Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur donated Tk20,000 from his savings to the prime minister’s relief fund.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 29, 2020 06:56 UTC