London Bureau

The annual general meeting (AGM) and dinner party of Unity of Moulvibazar was held in a festive and enthusiastic atmosphere in central London, drawing members from various towns across the United Kingdom on Monday. 

Presided over by organization President Abdur Rouf Talukdar and jointly conducted by General Secretary Liton Chowdhury, Joint Secretary Amzad Hossain Sunny, and Treasurer Mohammad Muhibur Rahman, the event featured freedom fighter and founding adviser M. A. Mannan as the chief guest.

Special guests included former convenor and founding adviser Mohammad Mokis Mansour, accountant Rafiq Haydar, Syed Fazlul Haque Selim, Sheikh Salamat Talukdar, Golam Mostafa Chowdhury, Abdus Sobhan Suhel, Syed Suyeb, Ibrahim Talukdar, Shah Shafi, Abdul Malik, Dilu Miah, Syed Shamim Islam, Kamruzzaman Khan Komru, Shafiqur Rahman, and Litu Khan.

Held in the  evening at the conference hall of Amar Gao Restaurant, the annual general meeting featured reports and discussions delivered by Shamim Chowdhury, Faysal Islam, Niamat Khan, Selim Ahmed, Topu Tofayel Khan, Mahbubur Rahman Shiblu, Syed Kaher, Russell Khan, Aminur Rahman Chowdhury, Selim Ahmed, Muhit Miah, Syed Ruez Ahmed, Suhel Ahmed, Sipu Ahmed, Raju Ahmed, Sheikh Zakir Ali, Rezwan Rouf Raju, Sadikur Rahman, Belal Ahmed, Saiful Haque Khaled, Nazmul Islam, and Sipar Ahmed.

During the program, the organization formally congratulated Mohammad Mokis Mansour, former convenor of Unity of Moulvibazar and Chairman of UK BD TV, for his recent election as President of the Greater Sylhet Community UK.

Addressing the gathering, speakers urged the relevant authorities to implement a 10-point charter of demands for Moulvibazar, notably pressing for the establishment of a government medical college and a public university in the district, as well as the recommencement of operations at the Shamshernagar Airport.

The meeting commenced with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Aminur Chowdhury, followed by a special prayer conducted by Mohammad Muhibur Rahman seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of organization adviser and valiant freedom fighter late Iftekhar Uddin Ahmed, former Bangladesh team organizer late Mohammad Kamal Mansour, and other community members.

Presenting the financial report, Treasurer Mohammad Muhibur Rahman outlined the organization's past expenditures. General Secretary Liton Chowdhury presented the annual report, highlighting that during the holy month of Ramadan, the organization distributed food supplies worth approximately Tk 11 lakh to 600 impoverished families and six orphanages across the district, while providing packaged Iftar to 1,000 pedestrians via trucks stationed at various points in the district town alongside the distribution of 500 sarees and lungis.

The report further detailed that Tk 2 lakh was expended to install eight tube-wells—four in Moulvibazar Sadar Upazila and four in Rajnagar Upazila—while an additional Tk 1 lakh was allocated for distributing face masks and planting trees across two local schools, alongside providing chairs for the District Judge Court. In total, the organization spent Tk 14 lakh last year on regional development and humanitarian initiatives in Moulvibazar