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In 2006 a new revolution occurred in BAN under
the leadership of Dr. Syed Huda, who was selected as a President
of BAN. One evening of 2005 during the Eid party Dr. Rokeya Farooque
declared a new committee for BAN, naming Dr. Syed Huda as a President,
Dr. Jashim Uddin as a general secretary and Dr. Atiquer Rahman as
a Treasurer. The journey began for the new committee and involved
others to run a historical revolution. To expand the committee we
chose Dr.Shampa Nasreen as a cultural secretary, Zulfiquer Rahman
as a communication secretary, Taneem Amin as a entertainment secretary,
A. M Saifullah as a sports secretary,Tareq Hussain as a Planning
secretary and we engaged so many young and energetic people like
Ruhi, Rakhi, Mauri, Pial, Aneeka, Mosharrof, Zakia, Asif, Hasan,
Lima, Kalam, Sheila, Asha, Masum, Kathika,Masood, Anjum, Muneer,
Tanuja, Molly and many more.
In the year 2006, we organized our Eid reunion, Cultural program,
Picnic and Iftar party at ICN. A new cultural program with a slide
show was organized, which we were never done before in BAN. If we
did not have Watkins College of Arts Auditorium, we probably would
not see that excellent slide show. For the great job on the slide
show thanks goes to Jashim, Taneem, and Asif. This year we also
collected donations for our flood victims in Bangladesh , money
send to chief advisors fund of Bangladesh .
Under the leadership of Shampa, we enjoyed very delightful cultural
program with lots of fun, programs like fashion show, drama, comedy
show, recitation of poetry, dance, singing, door prize, audience
participation show and more. We must be thankful to Shampa for her
dedication and time on behalf of BAN.
Under the leadership of Zulfiquer and Huda, we were able to
establish our own new web page for the first time named www.banashville.com.
This web page gives us many opportunities to look at our programs,
photos, activities, cultural magazine, and important links. Through
this web page we communicate our values and activities with others.
Our BAN gained the momentum of 21st centurys technology.
Another creation from BAN that was established in this year is our
annual cultural magazine named BORTIKA. Jashim gave a tremendous
amount of time, effort, and technological prowess to make it happen;
we are proud of Jashim & Ruhi for this new addition to our community,
and we are thankful to Dr. Huda & Mosharrof Hussain for fundraising
efforts through advertisement. We must also give thanks to the writers
who submitted their articles, poems, and childrens drawing
and for generous contribution through advertisement.
We established New Bangle Year, 1st Boishakh at Warner Park by the
leadership of Taneem, Rakhi, Pial, and Maurie. Our whole community
enjoyed Bangla New Year by eating delicious food such as pitha,
vortha, vhaji, dal, muri and more. People played cricket, volleyball,
badminton, karom, cards and enjoyed jokes and so much more.
In 2007 BAN organized a reception party at Lowes Vanderbilt Plaza
hotel in the honor of our Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. M. Yunus,
thanks to the efforts given by Dr. Syed Huda. Most of the community
members attended and enjoyed whole program where Dr. M. Yunus met
with his two old friends Dr. Zillur Atahar and Dr. A. K. M. Fakhruddin.
During this time BAN re-registered with Secretary of State of Tennessee,
and got a Tax ID number in 2006 from the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) and we established ourselves as a non-profit organization
with the IRS in 2008, which is a great accomplishment for our association.
Everything was made possible with the strong leadership of people
like Dr. Syed Huda, Dr. Jashim Uddin and Dr. Atiquer Rahman. Finally,
Dr. Syed Huda selected our next President of BAN for 2009, an excellent
leader, Dr.Mohammed Al Masum. We always thank our great community
members for their participation. We are especially grateful to some
of them for their financial support and advice: Dr. Ziaun Fakhruddin,
Dr. Rokeya Farooque, Dr. A. K. M. Fakhruddin, Dr. Ahmed Farooque,
Dr. M. A. Maleque, Dr. Mainuddin Sarker, Dr. M. S. Jahan, Dr. Shahidul
Islam, Dr. Saleh Ahmed, Dr. Abu Wahid, Dr. A. Ahad, Dr. Salekin,
Dr. Bodruz Zaman, Dr. Abu Sarwar, Dr. Rezaul Karim, Dr. Abu Mohyuddin,
Dr. Mainuddin Ahmed, Muneer Chowdhury and many more. Thanks again
to all of our excellent community members.
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