DHAKA: Bashundhara Fo-undation will disburse Tk 2.3 million to poor people as interest-free loan in Banchharampur upazila of Brahmanbaria district in this month of victory of the nation.

The soft loans will be distributed at the Foundation office at the ancestral home of Ahmed Akbar Sobhan, chairman of Bashundhara Foundation, at Durgarampur village next Thursday.

Md Mosharraf Hossain, who is in charge of the foundation, said: “Small credits worth over Tk 1.53 crore have so far been distributed among 2,800 beneficiaries, who have either become self-reliant or are on way to becoming self-dependent.”

Nearly 340 members will get over Tk 23 lakh as interest-free small loans Thursday, he informed.

Mainal Hossain Chowd- hury, coordinator of the foundation, will attend the function as chief guest while local elite and media personalities will remain present. — BSS