The government is set to officially launch the Family Card
program on August 16. The government aims to bring 16 million families under
the program in phases over the next four years. Social Welfare Minister A Z M
Zahid Hossain confirmed the information at a press briefing following a meeting
of the Cainet Committee on the Family Card, chaired by Finance Minister Amir
Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, at the Secretariat on Thursday.
He said Prime Minister Tarek Rahman will inaugurate the
program in Ward...