FOBANA holds 30th successful convention in Washington DC

bornomalanews, Washington Dc (September, 4th, 2016) : The 30th convention of FOBANA was successfully held in Washington DC on September 2, 3 and 4. Heavily enthusiastic get-together of the expatriate Bangladeshis had the Pentagon City Sheraton Hotel bustling with various programs morning till night for three days. Prior to the inaugural program of the very first day, a black tie dinner was attended, in honor of the invited guests, by Engineer Mosharraf Hossain – Minister of Housing & Public Works, officers of Bangladesh High Commission, central committee leaders of FOBANA, officers of FOBANA host committee, photo-journalists of various press and media, and many others.

Then the honorable Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain officially inaugurated the FOBANA convention. The program started with the national anthems of Bangladesh, Canada, and USA.

Noted singers from home and abroad had sung during the 3-day programs of FOBANA. Tagor songs by Anima Roy and group dance by Warda Rihab, and songs by Kumar Biswajit moved the audience with great joy. The second day started with an eye-catching rally that proceeded about 1 mile away from the hotel. It included science fair by ch
ildren and youths, seminars by IT specialists, alumni seminars by Dhaka University, and many other arrangements.

In the evening, an award ceremony of the host committee appreciation was held. In appreciation of significant contributions in various fields, awards were given to the expatriate Bangladeshis on behalf of FOBANA. Awards
were handed over to painter Shahabuddin Ahmed for contribution in the Liberation War, Rokeya Haider – chief of Bangla language department of the Voice of America (VOA) for contribution in journalism, Dr. Badrul Huda Khan for innovation of modern e-learning in education, Dr. Ashraf Ahmed in science, Wahed Hosseni in community activism, Mukit Majumder in environmental development, Ansha Janna Islam in research, Abu Bakar Hanip – CEO, People N Tech, and Jakir Hossan – Data Group. The awards were handed over to them by social worker Kalipradip Choudhuri. Songs were offered in the program at night by Shuvro Deb, S I Tutul, Haider Hossain, and Baby Nazneen. In the General Meeting held in the morning of the last day, names of the FOBANA central committee 2016-2017 were declared.

Florida and Atlanta were fixed for the next FOBANA convention venues for 2017 and 2018 respectively. In the evening program, the flag of FOBANA was officially handed over to the new committee of Florida. It was followed by songs performed by Onupoma Mukti, Jane Alam, Fahmida Nabi, Maksud and Nachiketa. Mohammad Alamgir – President of FOBANA host committee, ATM Alam -Convenor, Nurul Amin Nuru – Member Secretary thanked the audience and asked them to pardon the errors and mistakes in the 3-day program.