The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation has distributed Tk 96.67 crore to the families of martyrs and injured in the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Families of at least 745 martyrs received Tk 37.25 crore while 5,596 injured victims got Tk 59.41 crore so far, CEO of the foundation Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdho said at a press conference at its office in Dhaka on Friday.
Snigdho said that the foundation had provided financial assistance to families of martyrs who sacrificed their lives and those who were injured during the student-led mass uprising.
He said that they reached many private companies for employments of injured July uprising victims.
Family members of July martyrs and injured victims will be given jobs in various private organisations or companies as per their qualifications, he added.
Snigdho said that the foundation received Tk 110 crore as donation from the government and other sources.
Foundation鈥檚 finance secretary Mohammad Ahsan Habib Chowdhury, executive member Sabrina Afroz Sebanti and media executive Md Zahid Hossain, among others, were present at the press conference.
