Prime Minister Tarek Rahman will distribute honorariums for the current 2026–2027 fiscal year to imams and muezzins of mosques, along with service providers at other places of worship, in Kishoreganj on Sunday. He will also distribute Family Cards at the same event.
The programme will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday at the Old Stadium in Kishoreganj Sadar. The Prime Minister will attend the event as the chief guest and inaugurate both initiatives. The Ministry of Social Welfare and the Ministry of Religious Affairs are jointly organizing the programme.
Social Welfare Minister Professor Dr. A Z M Zahid Hossain will chair the event. Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Hossain (Kaykobad), Prime Minister’s Adviser on Public Administration (with ministerial rank) Md. Ismail Zabiullah, State Minister for Textiles and Jute Shariful Alam, State Minister for Social Welfare Farzana Sharmin and local members of parliament will attend as special guests.
Earlier in the day, at 11:30 a.m., the Prime Minister will release and distribute fish fry into the Old Brahmaputra River at Mirzapur Chairman Bari Ghat in Pakundia upazila as part of National Fisheries Week 2026. He will also exchange greetings with local dignitaries.
At 12:30 p.m., Tarek Rahman will visit the Katiadi Carp Hatchery Complex. He will then attend the inauguration and award distribution programme of National Fisheries Week at the Achmita George Institution field in the upazila.
At 2:30 p.m., the Prime Minister will inaugurate government development activities at the historic Sholakia Eidgah Maidan. He will also participate in a tree-planting programme organized by the Kishoreganj district unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.
Under the government’s programme for the 2026–2027 fiscal year, a total of 256,074 religious leaders from 86,709 religious institutions across the country will receive the state benefit.
For monthly honorarium payments, 82,656 mosques, 3,000 temples, 752 Buddhist monasteries and 301 churches have been selected nationwide for the current fiscal year.
Staff Correspondent 























