Bashundhara Group, one of the leading business conglomerates in Bangladesh, provided 25,000 mask and 3,000 personal protective equipment to Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party as a preventive measure to tackle coronavirus infection, said a press release.

Bashundhara Group managing director Sayem Sobhan Anvir handed over the mask and personal protective equipment to director general of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Major General Kazi Sharif Kaikobad at the Ansar and VDP headquarters in the capital on Wednesday.

Deputy director general (operations) of Bangladesh Ansar Md Mahbubul Islam, editor of Bangladesh Pratidin and CEO of News24 Naem Nizam and other high officials of Bangladesh Ansar were present during the event.