AT the end of World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson decided that the horror of war should never be relived. He founded the League of Nations to establish a new order "based on the rule of law, the consent of the governed and the organised opinion of mankind."
Unfortunately, due mainly to pressure from weapons manufacturers, the adage "if you want peace, prepare for war" prevailed.
After World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt founded the United Nations in 1945. The UN includes organisations specialised in labour (ILO); health (WHO); food (FAO); education, science and culture (Unesco) together with development funds (UNDP), programs for children (Unicef), etc.
But the strongest and most prosperous nations soon began to distrust this international system of cooperation and coordination, and replaced development aid with loans, shunning the UN institutions, and what is much worse, replacing the values that should guide international governance with the laws of the marketplace.
The richest countries banded together in groups (G7, G8), replacing the democracy of multilateralism with plutocracy, converting the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank ("for reconstruction and development!") into instruments of their economic policies, and, in the 1990s, setting up the World Trade Organisation (WTO) completely outside of the scope of the UN.
At the end of the Cold War, the world expected a reform of the United Nations to "democratise" international relations, to reap the "dividends of peace" by reducing social inequalities, and to promote endogenous development in the poorest countries. But none of this was achieved, and commencing in the early 1990s, the richest countries imposed "globalisation," creating huge multinational business conglomerates that limited the power as well as the responsibilities of the states.
This led to considerable social strife and fostered breeding grounds for frustration, radicalisation and hostility, frequently resulting in the use of force and in great waves of immigrants who have lost all hope.
As a consequence, it is imperative to establish the criteria for achieving in-depth renewal, endowing the UN General Assembly with the necessary moral and political authority required to face the great challenges of our time, along with sufficient personal, financial, technical and, when necessary, military resources to enable the UN to exercise its functions on an international level.
The UN would be able to prevent and/or resolve conflicts peacefully; establish, maintain and consolidate peace; seek disarmament; and jointly confront international terrorism and transnational delinquency. At the same time, it would work toward resolving the major issues on which the quality of life of all the inhabitants of the world depends.
"We, the peoples of the United Nations have determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" is the initial pledge in the Preamble to the United Nations Charter.
But ,contrary to the terms of the Charter, not only nations, but also civil society (non-governmental and intergovernmental organisations, association of cities, regional and business institutions, etc) should be represented.
In this re-founded United Nations Organisation, the IMF and the WB, together with the WTO (which would be an institution within the United Nations), would fulfill their original functions of promoting global development, and improving the situation on worldwide.
The Security Council (SC) would have permanent and proportional representatives influencing decision-making, but without veto rights, in order to address the principal issues of human security. Its mission would be preventing war, promoting economic and social security, as long ago proposed by Jacques Delors, renewing the work of ECOSOC -- which for years has dealt almost exclusively with economic issues, ignoring social ones -- and ensuring environmental security.
Only then will it be possible to eliminate all forms of trafficking, and close down tax havens. "No resources were available" for funding the fight against Aids or the eradication of hunger and poverty, but suddenly thousands of millions are available to "rescue" the same people and institutions that have created this difficult situation.
The coordinated action of the United Nations would also provide personal, technical and humanitarian resources to assist in natural or man-made catastrophes. In that regard, a proposal has been put forth to create a force of "red helmets" for rapid deployment.
It is necessary to re-found the UN for the sake of our future generations. And, contrary to those who seek to underestimate and even denigrate them, we must take the youth movements of 1968 and 2008 (in Greece) very seriously. They are not student uprisings, but rather social conflicts.
In appointing Susan Rice as Ambassador to the United Nations, President Obama has signaled his determination to foster multilateralism as a relevant part of, in his own words, the "new beginning" for the American people and the world. Together We Can!
The immense economic scaffold is collapsing, along with the concept of power and its ideological foundations. We must take into account all of the dimensions of this disaster in order to rebuild. Above all, at the very core of public action, we must re-establish the "democratic principles" which, in an error of history, have been inexplicably replaced by the laws of the marketplace.
We must take advantage of the world crisis in order to change our course and our destiny. Those who ignored and ridiculed the recommendations that we made in the early 1990s, convinced that an economic system based on commercial interests instead of justice is doomed to disaster, cannot now continue to ridicule proposals for change. Those who should now be judged cannot be judges. They have been "rescued" by their governments and have lost all authority to express their opinions concerning proposals to "rescue" people! Those who, like the WB, the IMF and the WTO, failed to speak up when they should have must now keep silent.
After the "technological bubble" of the 1990s came "the real estate bubble." During this period, in which "sovereign funds" were denied to countries with a "globalised system", those who remained outside have accumulated immense fortunes, while often ignoring the conditions of workers and human rights.
It is imperative not to turn to a "new capitalism," but rather to seek a new global economic system based on justice and regulated by institutions integrated within a reformed UN -- endowed with the human, technological and economic resources to enable it to act expediently and to apply to transgressors the full force of the law.
To move from the prevailing unilateral governance of globalisation to a multilateral one, a strong UN is needed. The UN, Unesco, the WB must be reformed and confirmed in their initial mandates.
The following initiatives could be adopted to achieve these goals:
·Necessary funds should be made available to ensure adequate nutrition on a world-wide scale, and to promote the fight against Aids;
·The millennium objectives should be activated, especially the fight against poverty, redefining the terms and amounts and finally granting the promised development aid along with the cancellation of foreign debt;
·The funds necessary to eradicate hunger should not be limited (there was only sufficient funding to "reduce by half the number of those starving" (!);
·Priority attention should be given to Africa, taking swift steps to eliminate the shameless exploitation in the Congo's Kivu territory in the mining of coltan, and to rectify the situation in Angola -- where oil and gold are aplenty while the people subsist on less than two dollars per day.
We must rapidly facilitate the transition from a war economy to an economy of global development. Civil society now has the opportunity to promote radical transformations. After so many years of ignored recommendations and unheeded prophesies, the intellectual, scientific and academic community must calmly but firmly make itself heard.
Subjects must become citizens and passive spectators must become actors, in order to implement changes in the form and substance of the exercise of power. The great transition from a culture of force and imposition to a culture of the world requires education at all levels, promotion of creativity and cultural diversity, support for scientific research and health for all.
Responsibility must assumed by citizens who have the most to offer during this change. Crises provide an opportunity to build a new world, to reinstate the universal ethical principles of justice and genuine democracy. We must be reminded daily of the wise words of Sophocles: "When the decisive hours have passed it is futile to run to catch them."
Of all of the crises resulting from globalisation, the one that is capable of mobilising large numbers of people is the food crisis. Longer-term approaches may be used to address economic and environmental crises, but food crisis is directly related to the highest of all human rights -- the right to life.
No nation is exempt from responsibility. It is unacceptable to transfer "to the marketplace" the moral and political duties that are the responsibility of democratic leaders. It is urgent to establish worldwide codes of conduct within the legal and ethical framework of a duly reformed UN.
The world has changed and, fortunately, there are many leaders and peoples who have ceased to be obedient or submissive, or yield to pressure. Corporations, communications media and NGOs must join together in a movement that in a few years will give "citizen power" a new dimension.
The diagnosis has been made. It is now imperative to apply the appropriate treatment before it is too late. In moments of great historical change, moral support is more necessary than ever. A new era is dawning. Amartya Sen said that the state rather than the marketplace must be responsible for the welfare of citizens in developing countries. To prevent the revolution of hunger, the evolution towards a new worldwide economic system must be activated. The difference between revolution and evolution is the "R" of "responsibility."
We all know the world is changing everyday. People around the globe will not support a Third World War, where nuclear and biological weapons may be used, as a consequence of which homo sapiens are sure to face extinction. So the moment has arrived to combat the catastrophe that is looming large as the greatest global crisis in our time.
Monaem Sarker is Director General, Bangladesh Foundation for Research Development.
The emergence of Independent Bangladesh in 1971 through a liberation war is the most memorable event in the history of the Bangalee nation. For the first time in its history the Bangalee nation was able to form an independent nation state. The independence of Bangladesh carried with it a thousand years’ history laden with countless memories, sacrifices and struggles. The name of the Great Leader of the War of Independence of the country and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will remain engraved in golden letters in the history of independent Bangladesh.
In Pakistan founded on the basis of the so-called Two-nation Theory the question of Bangalee nation issue could not find any resolution. The struggle for establishing an independent nation state began in 1947 which culminated in 1971. In the first phase of the struggle, the success of the language movement added a new dimension to the movement for the establishment of nationhood of the Bangalees. The 1954 elections lent further momentum to the consciousness of the people of East Bengal. Independent, sovereign People’s Republic of Bangladesh took its place in the map of the world as the culmination of a long series of events, uncompromising struggle and movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis from 1958 to 1971, the victory of the Awami League in the general elections in 1970 with absolute majority, the non-cooperation movement of 1971, clarion call for independence on March 7 at the race course maidan, the declaration of independence by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on March 26, formation of an independent Bangladesh government on April 10, 1971, the formal swearing-in of the Government of independent Bangladesh (composed of the elected parliament members) at Mujibnagar on April 17, the establishment of a full-fledged administrative system under the sovereign Bangladesh Government and the defeat of the Pakistani occupation army after the nine-month long liberation war under the leadership of that government. The work for the reconstruction of the war-ravaged country and its economy started in full earnest in 1972 under the leadership of Bangabandhu. But local and foreign agents of the forces defeated in the war tried to impede Bangabandhu’s efforts. A band of traitors brutally killed the Father of the Nation along with most members of his family on August 15, 1975. The same year on November 3 the assassins hired by Khondoker Mustaque Ahmed, the usurper president of the country brutally killed in the Dhaka central jail four national leaders who had led the War of Liberation. The expectations, ideals and consciousness which had led to the birth of independent Bangladesh were turned upside down, the moral and political values of independence war were trampled upon. The local lackeys of the Pakistanis usurped power, let loose a reign of killings, coups and conspiracies and military dictatorship and again snatched away the rights of the people. For the last 21 years the erosion of social values, political instability, virtual annulment of people’s franchise, corruption of the election procedures, economic stagnation, faulty and motivated policy of education, embezzlement of funds worth hundreds of millions of dollars, increased disparity between the rich and the poor, lack of a sense of direction etc. came out as the characteristics of our national life. In this context the struggle and movement gaining momentum through more than 21 years led to the coming to power of the pro-liberation forces through a free and fair election under a caretaker government on June 12, 1996. The nation celebrated the Silver Jubilee of independence in 1996.
The end of the cold war has generated new opportunities for the development of humankind. Regional and sub regional cooperation is taking positive shape in various regions of the world. We have to move rapidly on to the track of economic development in accordance with the changed global scenario. Otherwise we will trail behind other nations in the global competition of the new century. Proper planning and direction, optimum utilization of human and other resources, proper use of science and technology specially IT sector are necessary for the development of a nation. Similarly basic knowledge of the soul-searching of the country, its history, tradition, politics, economics, society, structure, trends of change, study of the country’s art, culture, literature, faith etc. are necessary. It is unfortunate that our achievement is very poor in these areas. Our country has a dearth of basic research relating to various aspects of society and life. It is only knowledge based on fundamental research which can open the doors of development for the nation besides giving a sense of direction. Based on that realization, in the Silver Jubilee year of our independence (1996) and the War of Liberation, an initiative was taken for establishing Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research (BFDR). It is a research organization built on individual initiatives, and is run by independent, voluntary participation.
THE BFDR IS A LEADING NON-PROFIT PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH THINK-TANK, FOUNDED AND SUPPORTED BY A CROSS-SECTION OF LEADING INTELLECTUALS, ACADEMICS, PUBLIC FIGURES, SOCIAL ACTIVISTS, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, BUSINESS LEADERS, REPESENTATIVES OF WOMEN’S NGOs & MINORITY COMMUNITY NGOs OF BANGLADESH.
1.Name
The organization shall be named Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research (BFDR). Henceforth ‘Foundation’ will mean Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research.
2.Address
The Foundation will have its office in Dhaka.
3.Aims and Objectives
The aims and objectives of the Foundation will be as follows :
THE FOUNDATION WOULD AID AND ENCOURAGE THE FORMULATION OF POLICIES FOR THE CREATION OF A STRONG, PROSPEROUS AND SECULAR BANGLADESH. POLICIES THAT WOULD RESULT FROM RIGOROUS RESEARCH, DEBATE AND A SYNTHESIS OF DIVERGENT BUT INFORMED OPINIONS. AREAS OF FOCUS WILL BE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES, A SAFER WORLD AND GLOBAL CONCERNS.
·To compile a factual and unprejudiced history of the nation through intensive research work on Bangla Language, literature, culture, the formation of the Bangalee nation and state, civil society and the liberation war etc.
·To contribute to the socio-economic development and advancement of the country through research on subjects like social structure, national politics, economy and development, environment, problems and prospects of inter-state co-operation at regional & sub-regional level etc.
·To conduct research, arrange seminars and develop policy options in furtherance of the Basic Principles of State Policy and the Fundamental Rights as enshrined in the constitution of Bangladesh.
·To help find possible peaceful solution to any political, regional or sub-regional conflict.
·To arrange seminars, workshops, discussion meetings, exhibitions and publications on Bangla language, economic, development, environment, inter-state co-operation at regional and sub regional levels etc.
·To establish liaison with similar local and international research organizations and adopt and carry out joint research projects and seminars on national & international issues.
·To promote the empowerment of women and generally to raise the status of women so as to achieve gender equality in Bangladesh polity.
·To conduct research on the democratic institutions, central as well as local. To improve the quality of governance and to meet the Human Rights obligations.
·To conduct research on election process and procedures and enhance public awareness and suggest reforms in order to further strengthen the democratic process.
·To conduct research on request from government and non-government organizations or persons on special topics like state, governance, and election issues within the scope of the Foundation.
·To promote the rights of poor and socially excluded people, different tribal peoples of Bangladesh especially of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) people.
·To arrange Round Table conferences on national, economic, social, political issues.
·To prepare or compile reports on policy-making issues.
·To arrange surveys on public opinion (on selected issues).
·To organize memorial lectures.
4. Work Procedure
·All involved with the Foundation will be integrated into research. Apart from that, there will be some permanent and temporary researchers. The activities of the temporary researchers will be project-oriented.
·Persons interested in research activities can submit research projects consistent with the aims and objectives of the Foundation and on acceptance of the project by the Board of Governors of the Foundation they will be appointed as temporary researchers. Financial and intellectual cooperation and support will be accorded to basic and creative research activities consistent with the aims and objectives of the Foundation.
·Any information, book, statement, documentary evidence, photograph or similar items that fall under the purview of the aims and objectives of the Foundation will be preserved by the Foundation.
5.Participation in the activities of the Foundation
Anybody with deep commitment to and faith in Bangalee nationalism, non-communalism, fraternal cooperation, development, self-reliance and the spirit of our liberation war may become involved with the activities of the Foundation.
6.Member*
a) Trustee Member : Any person or organization donating Taka one hundred thousand or more to the Foundation can become a Trustee Member.
b)Donor Member : Anybody donating a minimum of Taka ten thousand but less than Taka one lakh will be treated as a Donor Member* of the Foundation.
c)General Member :Any body qualified as per stipulation 5 above of this Prospectus & Constitution may become General Member of the Foundation by contributing a minimum amount of Tk. 1,000/- (One thousand) only.
d)Termination of the Membership : Any member of the Foundation shall cease to be a member for the following reasons :
i)Death
ii)Insanity/Invalid
iii)Resignation
iv)Absence from 3 (three) consecutive meetings without prior intimation to Chairman/ Director General of the Foundation.
7.Board of Governors
The Foundation will have a Board of Governors consisting of at least seven members. The Trustee and Donor members will elect the members of the Board of Governors. In the first meeting of the Board, a Chairman and a Director General will be appointed from among the members. The Director General will act as the Member-Secretary of the Board.
In a Board meeting for the matter of inclusion of a new member or termination of a sitting member in the Board, a resolution shall have to be adopted and an approval will have to be sought in the General Meeting. The presence of at least one-third of the total members on the Board will be required to form a quorum.
8.Duties and Responsibilities of the Board of Governors
The Board will :
a)formulate policies of the Foundation
b)adopt measures for implementation of the Foundation’s programmes to be implemented through the council of Directors.
c)preserve, control and allocate/ distribute funds and properties of the Foundation
d)approve yearly budget
e)take measures for the formulation and implementation of the projects of the Foundation.
9. Meeting of Board of Governors
a)The Board of Governors will meet at any time considered necessary.
b)After consultation with the Chairman the Director General will fix the date, time and location of the meeting.
c)At least 24 hours’ notice will have to be given for convening a meeting.
d)At least one-third of the Board Members will constitute quorum.
e)If there is no quorum, the chairman will declare the meeting postponed.
f)Quorum will not be necessary for a deferred meeting.
g)In the absence of the chairman, a member elected by the members present will preside over the meeting.
h)Each member will have one vote and in case of a tie the chairman will have a casting vote.
10. Quorum
Any meeting of the Foundation will require a presence of one-third members to fulfil a quorum.
11. Chairman
a)The Chairman will be elected by the Board of Governors.
b)If the post of the Chairman falls vacant or he/she becomes unable to perform his/her duties because of prolonged absence, sickness or any other reason, a member of the Board of Governors will be entrusted, in the Board meeting, with the responsibilities of the Chairman until a new Chairman takes over or the Chairman resumes his/her duties.
12. Organizational Structure
All activities of the Foundation will be run by a council of Directors consisting of 11 members. The council of Directors shall be elected/nominated/selected by the Board of Governors for a term of five years. They will be elected/nominated/selected from General members & Donor members or Trustee members.
Director General
Director (Administration)
Director (International affairs and collaboration with different think-tanks)
Director (Research)
Director (Publication)
Director (Finance)
Director (Culture)
Director (Collection and Documentation)
Director (Information)
Director (Programme)
Director (Public Relations)
13. Director General
a)The Foundation will have a Director General (DG) who will be the chief executive officer.
b)The Director General will be appointed by the Board of Governors.
c)If the post of the Director General falls vacant or the Director General becomes unable to perform his/her duties because of prolonged absence, illness or any other reason a senior Director of the Foundation will be selected by the Chairman to perform the duties of the Director General until a new DG takes over or the DG resumes his/her duties.
14.Funds of the Foundation
The funds of the Foundation will be formed in the following manner :
i.Donation of the Trustee Members.
ii.Donation of the Donor Members.
iii.Contribution of the General Members.
iv.Money earned through sale of books, magazines and other properties.
v.Any fund/grant received by the Foundation.
vi.Grants received from government/non-government sources and other National & International academic and research organizations.
vii.Loans subject to the approval of the Board of Governors.
viii.Any other source/s, not specified in this section.
15. Uses of Funds
a) When necessary the Foundation will use funds for performing its duties.
b) The funds of the Foundation will be deposited in any scheduled bank in the name of the Foundation.
c)The bank account will be jointly operated by the DG and Director (Finance), or a senior Director or one member from the Board of Governors.
16. Audit of the Foundation
a)The Foundation will properly maintain its accounts and prepare an annual statement of accounts.
b)Auditing of the accounts of the Foundation will be done every year by a reputed audit firm and the audit report will be presented at the meeting of the Board of Governors.
17. Framing of Rules
For achieving the objectives of the constitution the Board of Governors can recommend necessary framing of rules.
18. Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Every year a general meeting, with the participation of Trustee and Donor members, will be held. In the general meeting the advisers, Governors and Members of the Group of Directors will participate ex-officio. The meeting will review the activities of the Foundation and formulate next year’s plan. It will approve the audited accounts of the preceding year. Any amendment to the constitution can be presented in the meeting. This AGM will appoint the Auditors for the following year.
19. Amendment of the Constitution
In the interest of the Foundation the Constitution can be amended with two-thirds majority in the annual general meeting (AGM)
20. Liquidation
Liquidation of this research organization can be done, if and when deemed necessary, by two-thirds majority votes in a joint meeting of Board of Governors & Trustee Members. Assets and properties left over will be donated to any similar research organization.
List of Advisers, Trustee Members, Donor Members And General Members
Upto 22 August 2010
Advisers
1.Prof. A.F. Salahuddin Ahmed
2. Prof. Mustafa Nurul Islam
3.Music Personality Kalim Sharafi
4.Mr. A. M. A. Muhit
5.Begum Matia Chowdhury
6.Mr. Faruq A. Chowdhury
7.Mr. Abdul Matin (London)
8.Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury (London)
9.Dr. Borhan Uddin Khan Jahangir
10.Prof. Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed
11.Prof. Rafiqul Islam
12.Barrister Amirul Islam
13.Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Abdul Karim Khandaker, BU
14.Major General (Retd.) K.M. Safiullah, BU
15.Prof. A A M S Arefin Siddique
16.Dr. Quazi Kholiquzzaman
17.Journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury
18.Syed Hasan Imam
19.Dr. S. A. Samad
20.Dr. Masihur Rahman
21.Dr. Alauddin Ahmed
22.Writer Syed Shamsul Huq
23.Artist Quayyum Chowdhury
24.Artist Hashem Khan
25.Mr. Shamsuzzaman Khan
26.Architect Rabiul Hussain
27.Mr. Ramendu Mazumder
28.Theatre Personality Ali Zaker
29.Dr. Anupom Sen
30.Dr. Enamul Haque
31.Theatre Personality Asaduzzaman Noor
32.Dr. Sanjida Khatun
33.Dr. Atiur Rhaman
34.Ambassador A.H. Mahmood Ali
35.Mr. Asfaque-ul-Alam
36.Mr. Tarik Sujat
37.Dr. Harun-or-Rashid
38.Mr. Nirmal Biswas
39.Dr. Netai Kanti Das
40.Mrs. Aroma Datta
41.Dr. Abdur Razzak
Lest We Forget *
1.Late Shawkat Osman
2.Late Dr. Abdullah Al Muti Sharfuddin
3.Late Syed Ali Kabir
4.Late Journalist Santosh Gupta
5.Late Poet Shamsur Rahman
6.Prof. Shamsul Huda Harun
7.Late Ali Aksad
8.Syed Badruddin Hossain
*Founder Advisers
Trustee Members
1.Late Shah A.M.S. Kibria
2.Late Aga Yusuf
3.Late A.S. Mahmud
4.Late Advocate Abdus Salam Talukder
5.Late Advocate Syed Ahmad
6.Late Advocate Gaziul Huq
7.Mr. M. A. Monaem Sarker
8.Dr. A.K. Azad Chowdhury
9.Dr. Moazzem Hossain
10.Mr. Yusuf Abdullah Haroon
11.Mr. Rajjab Sharif
12.Alhaj Syed Abul Hossain
13.Mr. Rahmatullah
14.Mr. Saber Hossain Chowdhury
15.Mr. Kazi Sirajul Islam
16.Mr. Monjurul Islam
17.Mr. Shafiul Islam Kamal
18.Mr. Khan Mohmmad Iqbal
19.Mr. Nurul Fazal Bulbul
20.Mr. M. Sirajul Islam
21.Mrs. Rahima Chowdhurani
22.Mr. R. K. Chowdhuri
23.Mrs. Rokeya Kabir
24.Mrs. Hosne Ara Alam
25.Mrs. Sarah Alam
26.Mr. Mobarak Ali Sikder
27.Mr. Tipu Munshi
28.Mr. Bashir Ahmed
29.Mr. Nasir A. Chawdhury
30.Mr. Abdur Rauf Chowdhury
31.Mrs. Hasina Doula
32.Mr. Enamul Huq Khasru
33.Mr. A. S. M. Shamsul Arefin
34.Mr. Ehsanur Rahman (Tapu)
35.Mr. M. A. Monaem Sarker
36.Dr. A.S.M. Badruddoza
37.Mr. S. K. Lala
38.Mr. M. F. Kamal
39.Ms. Rokeya Kader
40.Mr. Golam Dastgir Gazi
41.Ambassador Mostafa Faruque Mohammad
42.Ms. Mamtaz Faruque
43.Retd. DIG Mr. Md. Shafiqullah
44.Mr. Abul Momen
45.Mr. M.A. Mumin
46.Prof. Mahfuza Khanom
47.Mr. A.Q.M. Iqram Ullah (Engineear)
48.Mr. Shohel Rahman (Beximco)
49.Sharmin Hossain (Joya)
50.Kazi Mashiur Rahman (Exim Bank)
Lest We Forget *
1. Late Aga Yusuf
2. Late A.S. Mahmud
3.Late Shah A.M.S. Kibria, Founder Chairman, BFDR
4. Late Advocate Abdus Salam Talukder
5. Late Advocate Syed Ahmad
6. Late Advocate Gaziul Huq
*Trustee Members
Doner Members
SL No. Name Address
1. National Professor Kabir Chowdhury Gazi Bhaban
41, Nayapaltan, Dhaka-1000
2. Mr. Hossain Taufique Imam Advisor to Prime Minister
Totini (Ministers Para)
Hear Road, Dhaka
3. Mrs. Meherun Nessa Mery C/O Abu Zahid Md Nuri
House # D/2/A, Road # 5, Block-F
Karail T&T Officers Quarters
Banani, Dhaka-1213
4. Capt. M. Rahman Lake View Apartment # 0102
House # 20, Road # 123, Gulshan-1
Dhaka-1217
5. Commander (Rtd.) Abdur Rouf Policy Adviser
Population Services & Training Centre
103, New Circular Road
Dhaka-1217
6. Ambassador A.H. Mahmud Ali House # 13, Road # 1
17.Mr. Harisuddin Ahmed Concord Manour, House-48, Flat-104,
Road-26 (old) New-15/A
Dhanmodi R/A, Dhaka-1205
18.Mr. Babul Biswas Owner, Water Flawer,
50 Purana Paltan Line, Dhaka-1000
Board of Governors
Name Designation Address
National Professor Kabir Chairman Gazi Bhabon
Chowdhury 41, Nayapalton, Dhaka-1000
Mr. A. M. A. Muhit Member Finance Minister
61/B, Kamal Ataturk Avenue, Dhaka-1213
Professor Salahuddin Ahmed Member Safar, Road # 23, House # 22/B,
Banani, Dhaka-1213
Mr. Hossain Taufique Imam Member House-13, Road-55, Gulshan, Dhaka-1212
Ambassador A. H. Mahmood Ali Member Road-1, House-13, Khanchan-Apt.
A-5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
Ambassador Mostafa Faruque Member Le Mont, (4th floor)
Mohammad House # 30, Road # 16, Block-B
Banani, Dhaka-1213.
Alhaj Syed Abul Hossain Member Road # 96, House # 18
Gulshan-2, Dhaka-1212
Mrs. Hasina Doula Member 1/1 Industrial Plot, Main Road 3
Avenue 4, Section-7, Mirpur, Dhaka
Mr. Shamsuzzaman Khan Member Road # 1, House # 2/2/A, Shamoli, Dhaka
Mr. Ashfaque-ul-Alam Member MERLIN-1, Flat-D/5, 89-A/1, Barabagh,
Mirpur, Section-2, Dhaka-1216
Mrs. Hosne Ara Alam Member House # NWB-34, Road # 64, Gulshan-2
Dhaka-1212
Mr. ASM Shamsul Arefin Member 59, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
(1st Floor, Last Room)
West Tejturibazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Mr. Tarik Sujat Member Colors of Bangladesh
Eastern Plazas (7th Floor)
Sonargaon Road, Dhaka.
Mr. M. A. Monaem Sarker Director General 23, Chamelibagh, Dhaka-1217
(Member Secretary)
Lest we forget*
Late- Shah A.M.S. Kibria, Founder Chairman, BFDR
Late A.S. Mahmood
Late Advocate Abdus Salam Talukder
Late Advocate Syed Ahmed
Late Advocate Gaziul Haque
* Member, Board of Governors
Directors
Name Designation Address
Mr. M. A. Monaem Sarker Director General 23, Chamelibagh, Dhaka-1217
Mr. Ashfaque-ul-Alam Director (Admin.) MERLIN-1, Flat-D/5
89-A/1, Barabagh, Mirpur, Section-2,
Dhaka-1216
Ambassador A. H. Mahmood Director (International Road-1, House-13, Khanchan-Apt.
Ali Collaboration, Think-Tanks) A-5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
Dr. Harun-or-Rashid Director (Research) Pro-VC, Dhaka University
Mrs. Hasina Doula Director (Finance) 1/1 Industrial Plot, Main Road 3
Avenue 4, Section-7, Mirpur, Dhaka
Mr. Nirmal Biswas Director (Publication) 927, Shahidbagh, Rangon Apt.
C-5, Dhaka-1217
Dr. Nitai Kanti Das Director (Information) Director (Training), PSTC, Dhaka
Mrs. Rokeya Kabir Director (Culture) Bangladesh Nari Progoti Sangho
13/14, Babor Road, Block-B
Mohammadpur, Dhaka
Mr. Hasan Mamoon Director (Public Relations) Assistant Editor
The Daily Jugantor, Dhaka
Mr. ASM Shamsul Arefin Director (Documentation) 59, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
(1st Floor, Last Room)
West Tejturibazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka.
Mr. Tarik Sujat Director (Seminar & Colors of Bangladesh
Programme) Eastern Plazas (7th Floor)
Sonargaon Road, Dhaka.
Lest we forget
Advocate Syed Ahmed
Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research
23, Chamelibagh, Dhaka-1217
Proceeding of the group of initiators of the Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research :
In order to build on personal initiatives a research organization to be run by independent, voluntary participation, a general meeting is held today, the 19 April at 10 a.m. at 23 Chamelibagh. Mr. Shah A.M.S. Kibria presided. The following are the signatures of the members present.
Resolutions accepted
1.Resolution was taken in the meeting to build a research organization on personal initiatives.
2.The Prospectus & Constitution of the foundation was unanimously approved in the meeting.
3.It was resolved to form a Board of Governors comprising of 7 (seven) members, which will formulate policies & planning and determine project proposals of the Bangladesh Foundation.
4.Resolution was adopted in the meeting to form a Board of Directors for conducting the activities of the Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research.
5.It was resolved to give responsibilities to Director General and Director (Admin.) for registering the name of the organization with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, Bangladesh.
6.Deliberations were made for opening an account in any Schedule Bank to deposit fund of the Foundation. Director General, Director (Finance) and one member from the Board of Governors will have the power to operate the Bank Account. But all cheques should be signed jointly by Director General and any one of the empowered members.
*Anybody or organization identified as having belonged to or connected with anti-liberation forces cannot become a Trustee member or Donor.
