Prime Minister Tareq Rahman inaugurated an honorarium distribution program for imams, muezzins, khadems, priests, sebayets, and heads of Buddhist monasteries at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka on Saturday around 11:15 a.m. During the event, he personally handed over honorarium payments to several religious representatives.

According to an announcement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the initiative will cover 4,908 mosques, 990 temples, 144 Buddhist monasteries, and 396 churches. The program aims to provide financial recognition to those responsible for religious services across different faiths. The Ministry of Public Administration stated that under the pilot project, each mosque will receive 10,000 taka, distributed among the imam, muezzin, and khadem, while each temple will receive 8,000 taka, divided between the priest and sebayet.

The program marks a government effort to extend financial support to religious service providers across multiple faith communities in Bangladesh.