C T Online Desk: Former Mayor and General Secretary of the Chattogram City Awami League AJM Nasir Uddin said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government was working to turn Bangladesh into a welfare state.The government is implementing multi-dimensional projects to improve the living standards of the people.Under these project, various initiatives are being implemented including old age allowance, widow allowance, poor merit quota, provision of food and financial assistance, self-employment of young generation, housing system for the homeless. Such an effective step for the welfare of the people has been praised all over the world today.He was speaking as the chief guest at a blanket distribution function among locals on Saturday (January 22) morning at a community center on Momin Road organized by Jamalkhan Ward Councilor Shaibal Das Sumon, a release said.