Hindu Religious Welfare Trust board reconstituted

The government on Wednesday reconstituted the Trustee Board of the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust, a statutory body under the Ministry of Religious Affairs responsible for supporting the religious, educational, and cultural and welfare activities of Bangladesh’s Hindu community.

Religious Affairs Minister has been appointed chairman of the board ex officio, while Religious Affairs Secretary has been made a member, reads a press release issued by the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Lawmakers Nipun Roy Chowdhury and Suborna Shikder have been nominated as vice-chairmen of the trustee board.

Tapan Chandra Majumder, Joydeb Roy Joy, Dulal Biswas, Biplob Kumar Dey, Narayan Chandra Sarkar, Rajib Dhar Tomal, Advocate Partha Pal Chowdhury, Dolon Dhar, Jony Deb, Monoranjan Singha, Swapan Kumar Bhattacharya, Tapasi Dutta, Shuvro Shankar Prasad, Monti Rani Sarkar, Swapan Kumar Das, Satyananda Dutta, Rupak Singha, Sanjay Gupta, Montu Chandra Baidya, Sudip Ranjan Sen and Atin Dutta Chowdhury have also been made members of the board, reconstituted for the next three years.