Family members of 25 government staff, who either died or become physically disabled, were given Taka 1.80 crore as grants aimed at mitigating their financial constraints.
Among them, three were given Taka eight lakh each and another one was given Taka 4.25 lakh.
District administration distributed bank cheques of the grants among the family members at its conference hall on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner Shamim Ahmed accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Kolyan Chowdhury and Executive Magistrates Shamsul Islam, Saquib Hassan Khan and Oyan Farhan Shams handed over the cheques formally.
Shamim Ahmed expected that the financial support will benefit the affected families in terms of mitigating their constraints.