PM moves to build home for Miraz

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken an initiative for building a house for young cricket sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz and his family in their hometown Khulna.

They currently live in a dilapidated tin-roofed structure with only two rooms to share among the four members of the family.

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The construction of the new home will begin as soon as a suitable location is found.

“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already directed the authorities concerned … and accordingly her Principal Secretary Md Abdul Kalam Azad conveyed the directives to the deputy commissioner of Khulna,” PM's Deputy Press Secretary Ashraful Alam Khokan told BSS yesterday.

Miraz and his father Jalal Uddin, a taxi driver, expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the PM for her initiative, the news agency added.

"I'm very much delighted and I express my gratitude to the prime minister for her generosity,” Miraz said.

In his instant reaction after hearing the news, Miraz broke into tears of joy.

Miraz, whose 19 wickets in the two Test series against England saw him become the player of the series, left Khulna yesterday to check in with the Bangladesh Cricket Board.