Red Crescent Society gets new managing board

The health
ministry yesterday reconstituted the managing board of the Bangladesh Red
Crescent Society, appointing global health expert Dr Halida Halum Akhter as the
new chairman.
According to a circular issued by the Health Services Division, the tenure of
the ad hoc board will be three months, during which it must arrange an election
to form a full managing board.
Dr Tasnim
Azim, associate professor at BRAC University and vice chairman of the immediate
past board, will continue in the same role.
Former additional secretary
Rezaul Karim has been appointed treasurer, while former additional secretary
Afzalur Rahman, Brig Gen Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Birdem General Hospital's director
(hospital administration), Barrister Tanim Hussain Shawon, and public health
expert Arefin Amal Islam have been named members.
Shawon also served on the previous board.
The reconstitution comes
after the humanitarian organisation drew attention when four members of the
previous board, including the vice chairman, reportedly resigned, alleging
irregularities against the immediate past chairman, Maj Gen Prof Dr Md Azizul Islam.
















