Country earns Tk 4,500cr revenue by exporting fish: Nazrul

State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury on Friday said that the country has earned over Tk 4,500 crore as revenue by exporting fish.

"The country has earned revenue of Tk4,500 crore by exporting fish. We have to double this income too," he told a discussion organized by the upazila administration at the Chandanaish Upazila Parishad auditorium in the district as the chief guest marking the National Fisheries Week, reports BSS.

Upazila Executive Officer Mahmuda Begum chaired the meeting while Upazila Women Vice Chairman Khaleda Akter and UP Chairman and government officials also spoke.

Later, the state minister distributed government grants among the people suffering from various critical diseases.

He also provided grants to minority groups, distributed wheelchairs to the disabled people and planted tree saplings at the same place.