Chemistry International
Vol. 21, No. 1
January 1999
News
and Notices from Other Societies and Unions
New Officers of the Bangladesh Chemical Society
The 21st Annual Conference of the Bangladesh Chemical
Society was held 22-24 October 1998 at Bangladesh Chemical Industries
Corporation, BCCI Auditorium, Dhaka. Sheikh Hasina, the Honorable Prime
Minister, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, was present
as the Chief Guest in the inaugural session. The theme for the symposium
of this conference was "The Impact of Free Market Economy on the
Industrialization of Bangladesh." More than 500 chemists from different
universities, industries, research organizations, and educational institutions
attended the conference.
Researchers from different organizations presented their
papers in six technical sessions, all of which were well attended. An
Executive Committee consisting of 22 members was elected for two-year
terms, which assumed office from 2 November 1998.
Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Chemical Society
- President: Professor S. Z. Haider
- Vice-President: Mr. A. S. Salah Uddin Ahmed and Mr. Md. Shafiqur
Rahman
- Treasurer: Dr. Akhtar Uddin Ahmed
- General Secretary: Professor Jasim Uddin Ahmad
- Joint Secretary: Dr. Tofail Ahmad Chowdhury & Mr. Md. Shafiqul
Islam
- Publicity Secretary: Mr. Md. Masuder Rahman
- Organizing Secretary: Mr. Md. Sanowar Hossain Mondal
- Social Welfare Secretary: Capt. (Retd.) A. B. M. Nowsher Alam
Members: Mr. Abu Hayder Ahmed Naser, Dr. Mobarak
Ali Akand, D. M. Ali Hossain, D. Md. Mominul Huque, Mr. Kazi Saidul
Haque, Mr. Md. Abdul Aziz Mollah, Mr. Md. Abdus Samad, Mr. Md. Ashraf
Hossain, Mr. Md. Nurul Islam, Prof. A.. M. Shafiqul Alam, Prof. Mesbahuddin
Ahmad, Prof. (Mrs.) Tajmeri S. A. Islam.