A 13-member Zakat Board has been reconstituted for a period of three years under Section 5 of the Zakat Fund Ordinance, 1982, with State Minister for Religious Affairs Faridul Haq Khan as the president and director general of Islamic Foundation (ex officio) as the member secretary.

Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Kazi Enamul Hasan, Principal of Jamia Madania Jatrabari Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Principal of Faridabad’s Jamia Arabia Emdadul Uloom Madrasa Hafeez Maulana A Quddus and Muhtamim of Gowhardanga Madrasa in Gopalganj’s Tungipara Hafez Maulana Mufti Mohammad Ruhul Amin have been made the members of the board.