Staff Reporter:
Golapi Begum, who had been living in hardship on the pavement in Shahbagh, has received the keys to a new home in Ratanpur village of Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbaria, following an initiative taken under the direction of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
The house was formally handed over to her at noon on Friday. On behalf of the prime minister, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister and adviser to ‘Amra BNP Poribar’ M Rashiduzzaman Millat handed over the keys to Golapi Begum. She was also provided with financial assistance.
Golapi Begum’s plight came to Tarique Rahman’s attention during a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal rally in 2025 marking the anniversary of the July uprising of 2024. At the time, she was living on the Shahbagh pavement. Rahman subsequently instructed his Additional Press Secretary Atikur Rahman Rumon to take necessary steps to address the matter on humanitarian grounds.
Following the instruction, initiatives were taken for Golapi Begum’s treatment and rehabilitation. She was provided with accommodation in a house in Dhaka while receiving treatment for nearly a year.
Later, Rahman, who is also BNP chairman and chief patron of ‘Amra BNP Poribar’, directed that a new house be built for her as part of her permanent rehabilitation.
Accordingly, ‘Amra BNP Poribar’ constructed the new house in Ratanpur village. The home was formally handed over to Golapi Begum on Friday.
Among those present at the handover ceremony were ‘Amra BNP Poribar’ member secretary Krishibid Moksedul Momin Mithun and members Masud Rana Liton, Mustakim Billah, Shakil Ahmed and Shahadat Hossain.
Brahmanbaria-3 (Sadar and Bijoynagar) MP and district BNP president Engineer Khaled Hossain Mahbub Shyamol, district BNP general secretary Sirajul Islam Siraj, Brahmanbaria-5 (Nabinagar) MP Advocate Abdul Mannan, Qatar BNP general secretary Shariful Haque Saju, former BUET Chhatra Dal general secretary Engineer Abu Hanif, Chhatra Dal central committee joint secretary Hasnain Nahian Sajib, Hasanur Rahman and Dhaka College Chhatra Dal leader Abdullah Al Misbah were also present, along with local BNP leaders and activists.
The leaders told local media that standing beside neglected and distressed people was one of the key objectives of ‘Amra BNP Poribar’. They said the organisation was carrying out humanitarian assistance and rehabilitation activities under the direction of Tarique Rahman and would continue such programmes in the future.
