Social Welfare and Women and Children Affairs Minister Professor Dr. AZM Zahid Hossain stated that 70 percent of beneficiaries selected under the previous government’s aid programs were fake and that the current administration is working to correct this. He made the remarks on Saturday at the Dinajpur Shishu Academy auditorium during a check distribution ceremony for private orphanages and ashrams organized by the Dinajpur District Administration and the Department of Social Services.

The minister urged those responsible for orphanages to care for children as their own and instructed officials at all levels to conduct regular field visits to ensure proper treatment of orphans. He emphasized that no mistreatment of orphaned children would be tolerated. Dr. Hossain also reaffirmed that the BNP government would faithfully implement its election manifesto and the national charter signed at the Parliament’s South Plaza, which he described as a national document.

He added that the government is working to rehabilitate orphaned children through proper care, education, and training so they can integrate into mainstream society.