B Chy, Mannan BDB president, secy general

301-member nat'l executive body announced
UNB, Dhaka
A 301-member national executive committee of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) was formed yesterday with former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury and Major (retd.) Abdul Mannan as its president and secretary general respectively.

Badruddoza Chowdhury announced the names of 47 members at its temporary office at KC Memorial Clinic yesterday morning.

Former secretary general of Fema Firoze M Hassan and Dhaka University Professor Dr Nurul Amin Bepari have been made joint secretaries.

Mahi B Chowdhury MP was selected as organising secretary while Abdullah Bin Riaz, a chartered accountant, and Major (retd.) SK Nadir Ahmed were made treasurer and office secretary.

The joint organising secretaries are Major (retd.) M Murad Ali khan, Abdur Rouf Mannan and Shahidur Rahman.

Other executives are Major (retd.) Wahidul Hossain - social affairs secretary, film director Shahidul Islam Khokon - cultural affairs secretary, Khaled Hossain - labour affairs secretary, Brig. Gen. (retd.) Gyasuddin Ahmed Chowdhury - liberation war affairs secretary, Dr Shahdat Hossain - health affairs secretary, Dr M Majibur Rahman - youth affairs secretary, Advocate Shah Ahmed Badal - public relations and publicity secretary, AKM Zainul Abedin Khan - commerce and trade affairs secretary, Surid Sohan - overseas affairs secretary, and Advocate AM Ahsanullah - legal affairs secretary.

The members are Dr Md Abdus Zaher, Kazi Kamal, Gazi Shahidul Huq, S Fahim, Lion Wazed Ali Chowdhury Parvez, Sheikh Shahiduzzaman, Nasir Uddin Sarkar, Shahjahan Khan, Najiba Khandokar, Sabera Begum, Sawkat Bepari, Morol Amjad Hossain, Aziz Akond, Abu Bakkar siddiqui, Sunil Kanti Tanchagya, Shahin Obayed, Hafizur Rahman Jhantu, Mujibur Rahman Shikder and Jahangir Alam Biplob.