Dhaka, June 11 -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that 70 more Upazilas in 23 districts are free of homelessness and landlessness, taking the total count to 58 districts and 464 Upazilas.

The premier made the announcement after joining a video conference connecting Lalmonirhat, Bhola and Cox's Bazar from her official residence Gonobhaban around 11:30am on Tuesday.

She presented houses in 11 Upazilas in three districts to the homeless while making the announcement.

More than 1.3 million homeless people have received houses in the previous four phases of the special Ashrayan Project, launched to commemorate Mujib Year. The number of houses provided to the poor was 266,012.

The prime minister's press wing said Lalmonirhat's Ka...