'Help distressed humanity'

6 June 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Rotary Governor AKM Shamsul Huda on Saturday urged the well-off section of the society to come forward to help the distressed humanity. He made the call at a function marking the 25th founding anniversary of Rotary Club of Dhaka Cosmopolitan at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city. The well-off people should stand beside the people who have been affected by inferno at Nimtoli and building collapse at Begunbari, he said. Former Rotary governors MA Wahab, Jalal U Ahmed, Dr M Mosharraf Hossain, M Hafizullah, former president Golam Mostafa spoke at the function with Club President SM Saiful Haque in the chair. Golam Mostafa was declared 'Best President' at the function. The Rotarians also expressed deep shock at loss of lives in the blaze and conveyed sympathy to members of the bereaved family. They meeting decided to provide assistance for treatment of the injured.