The committee will serve for the next two years under the leadership of Dr. Ali Afzal as the new president and Abdur Razzak as the senior vice president, a press release said.
Vice President-1 Mohammad Akhter Biswas, Vice President-2 Abu Khalid Md. Barkatullah, Vice President-3 A.F.M. Ubaidullah, Vice President (Finance) Dr. Md. Harun Or Rashid and Chittagong Region Vice President Mohammad Morshedul Hasan along with other directors were present at the board meeting.
In the elections held on April 18, 7 office bearers and 22 directors were elected through direct vote of the members. The Election Board announced the final results yesterday (Tuesday, April 21) night after the appeal process. Among the directors elected at the board meeting were Muhammad Labib Billah, Umme Jahan Arju, Habibur Rahman Habib, A.Z.M. Kamruddin, Captain Md. Shah Alam, Md. Khwaja Nazibullah Chowdhury, Sheikh Kamal, Md. Emdadul Hossain Sohel, Dr. N. Joha, Alhaj Professor Md. Faruk Ahmed, Tasnova Mahbub Salam, Md. Zahir Ahmed, Md. Zahid Hossain, Engineer Md. Mostafa Kamal, Md. Emdadul Haque, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, M Fakhrul Islam, Engineer Manjurul Farhad Philip, Suruj Sardar, Alhaj Golam Kibria Majumder, A.S.M. Abdul Gaffar Miyazi and Sarist Binte Noor.
The outgoing President Md. Wahiduzzaman and the outgoing Senior Vice President Liaquat Ali Bhuiyan formally handed over the responsibility to the new committee. In addition, various organizations and individuals congratulated the newly elected leaders with floral greetings.
After assuming office, the newly elected leaders made various important promises for the development of the housing sector. They especially emphasized the conservation of agricultural land. According to them, agricultural land is rapidly decreasing due to unplanned urbanization, which is posing a major risk to the country’s food security. Therefore, in future plans, emphasis will be placed on sustainable and planned urbanization instead of wasting agricultural land.
They also announced plans to build small-sized flats for about Tk 4.5 million around Dhaka. It was hoped that this initiative would create affordable housing opportunities for the middle and lower-middle class people. The leaders said that efforts will be made to reduce construction costs through the construction of high-rise buildings, the use of modern technology, and policy support from the government.
They also said that they will work in coordination with the relevant government and private institutions to resolve various long-standing problems in the housing sector—such as high registration costs, limitations on bank loans, and complexity in project approvals. At the same time, they sought the cooperation of all stakeholders to ensure environmentally friendly and sustainable urbanization.
The leaders of the newly elected committee expressed optimism that if their plan is implemented, on the one hand, agricultural land will be protected, and on the other hand, new horizons of affordable housing will be opened for the common people.
