Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Hossain announced that under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, distribution of health cards and agricultural cards will begin in the last week of June 2026 as part of a pilot project. He made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon while addressing a humanitarian aid distribution event organized by the Belabo Upazila administration in Narsingdi, marking Eid-ul-Fitr 2026. The minister also stated that the government has started providing honorariums to imams, muezzins, temple priests, and other religious service holders.

During his speech, the minister said that farmers’ agricultural loans up to 10,000 taka have been waived with interest by the prime minister. He urged citizens not to pay any bribes for government services and to report any such demands directly to him. He further pledged to make his constituency Belabo-Monohardi free from drugs and corruption and to gradually eliminate these issues nationwide.

At the event, 193 underprivileged people from eight unions of Belabo Upazila received 2,000 taka each, totaling 386,000 taka, from the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund.