Financial assistance amounting to nearly Tk 5 lakh has been provided to 12 Dhaka University (DU) students injured during the anti-discrimination student movement.
DU Treasurer Professor Dr M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury handed over financial assistance cheques to the students at his office on Monday.
Professor Dr Md Mostak Ahmed, DU dean of Faculty of Medicine; Dr Abdullah-Al-Mamun, chairman of Provost Standing Committee, were present at the time, among others.
Professor Jahangir paid respects to the memories of the martyrs of the July uprising and said that a committee was formed to ensure proper medical treatment for DU students injured during the movement. This committee reached out to each department and institution, requesting a list of injured students.
Consequently, financial assistance for medical treatment was extended to those who responded to the committee’s outreach, he added.