National Disability Development Foundation Bill, 2023 was passed today (October 23) at the parliament in the capital. 

The bill was passed aiming to bring people with disability into the mainstream of the society and accommodate them with the latest development works of the country.
 
Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed moved the bill which was unanimously passed by voice votes with Deputy Speaker Shamsul Huq Tuku in the chair.
 
While placing the bill, the minister said the enactment of the bill will help to ensure the rights and safety of the differently-abled people. "Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to make the disable people as the inseparable part of the society", the minister told the parliament.
 
For the welfare of the differently-abled people, National disability development foundation was formed under 'the Societies Registration Act, 1860' and it is necessary to bring the entity under a legal framework and that's why enactment of a law is essential, the minister added.
 
Terming the enactment of the law as time befitting, the opposition lawmakers said the enactment of the law is very much necessary for development of the disable people of the country as over 50 lakh people are disable in the country.

Opposition lawmakers Fakhrul Imam, Barrister Shamim Haider Patwary, Rustam Ali Farazi,Pir Fazlur Rahman, Raushan Ara Manan, Hafizuddin Ahmed and Gano Fourm lawmaker Mukabbir Khan also discussed on the proposed law.

BDST: 2041 HRS, OCT 23, 2023
MSK