The Annual General Meeting (2019-20) of Ghashful was held on 13 June, 2020 at the Ghashful head office through video conference. In the video conference, the members of Ghashful General Assembly connected online from different parts of the country and abroad. The meeting was chaired by Ghashful Executive Committee Chairman and prominent sociologist Dr. Monzur-ul-Amin Chowdhury. Members of General Assembly and Senior officials including the company’s Chief Executive Officer Aftabur Rahman Jafree attended the meeting. Among the members of the General Assembly connected online were Prof. Dr. Golam Rahman, Prof. Dr. Zainab Begum, Shahana Muhit, Kabita Barua, Muhammad Ohiduzzaman, Naznin Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Yasmeen Ahmed, Jahanara Begum, Nazma Zaman, Parveen Mahmud FCA, Shamiha Salim, Zareen Mahmud Hosein CPA. FCA, Shib Narayan Kairy,Dr. Salima Haque and Shamima Akter. Swapna Kumar Haldar, deputy director department of Social Services (Registration & Control), Dhaka; Muhammad Shahidul Alam, deputy director department of Social service, Chittagong also joined online as observers. At the beginning of the meeting all the members paid homage to the deceased founder of Ghashful, late Shamsunnahar Rahman Paran, the founding chief patron of the organization the late M. L. Rahman former president of Ghashful Executive Committee late Hosneyara Begum and late Shana Anis,
former vice president of Ghashful Executive Committee late Prof. Dr. Mosharraf Hossain, General Assembly member late Abbas Uddin Chowdhury, late Advocate Al Mamun Chowdhury and Dr. Mahtab Uddin Hasan, BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, National Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman, Caretaker Government Advisor Prof. Dr. Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, Former Director General of Bangla Academy Dr. Ashraf Hassan Siddiqui, Prof. Dr. Burhan Uddin Khan Jahangir, veteran politician and former minister Mohammad Nasim and all the people that passed away due to COVID-19. At the end of the tribute, Shahana Muhit, General Secretary of Ghashful Executive Committee, gave a full amount of the various developmental activities of the organization for the current financial year. Zareen Mahmood Hosein, Treasurer of Ghashful Executive Committee, read out the financial statement of the company for the current financial year. The members took part in the discussion on the details presented by the General Secretary and Treasurer and also outlined the necessary directions and actions for the coming financial year including the overall development activities undertaken by Ghashful and evaluating the progress of the newly started projects. Parveen Mahmud FCA, Professor Dr. Golam Rahman, Professor Dr. Zainab Begum, Shiv Narayan Kairy and CEO of the organization Aftabur Rahman Jafree and others spoke on various topics during discussion. The meeting approved various important issues including budget of the organization for the next 2020-21 financial year, appointment of auditors, appointment of income tax advisor.
A new Executive Committee for next three years was formed, they are: Chairman – Dr. Monzur-ul-Amin Chowdhury, Vice-Chairman – Shiv Narayan Kairy, General Secretary – Shamiha Salim, Joint-General Secretary Kabita Barua, Treasurer – Golam Mostafa, Executive Member Prof. Dr. Zainab Begum, Parveen Mahmud FCA. The Chairman called an end to the virtual meeting by thanking everyone and wishing them success in the future.
