RI President Will be in Bangladesh
R.I. President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson and RIFL Joan Wilkinson will be in Bangladesh on May 17-19. A grand gala evening will be organized in the evening of 18th May, 2008 in honour of them where the world leader and his gracious will speak to Rotarians and their spouses. KEEP THAN DATE FREE! Please register your names well ahead of the time so as to avoid disspointment and last minute hassle. For security and discipline there shall be no spot registration for any body and registration will be strictly on first come basis. Details will be intimated later.
For registration, please contact
Prof. K. Shamsuddin Mahmood PHF
Past President
Rotary Club of Dhaka South
Emial:
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Mobile: (+88) 018 19 224148
Rotary District Conference 2008
District Confeence, the biggest annual event for 2007-2008 of Rotary International District 3280 Bangladesh was held on 4-5 January 2008 (Friday and Saturday) at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre, Agargaon, Dhaka.
Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed Hon’ble Chief Adviser of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh graced the Closing Session as the Chief Guest on 05 January, while earlier on 04 January Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury was the Chief Guest at the Inaugural Session. Rtn. PDG Manjit S. Sawhney of RID 3010, the Personal Representative of the RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson was present along with his wife PDFL Rita Sawhney who came to represent of RI First Lady Joan.
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 Paul Percival Harris, the founder of Rotary was born in Racine, Wisconsin, second of six children to George N. Harris and Cornelia Bryan Harris. A man with varied knowledge and experience, he received Bachelor of Physical Culture and honorary LL D Degree from the University of Vermont and LL B from the University of IOWA.
Paul Harris worked as a newspaper reporter, a business teacher, stock company actor, cowboy and as a salesman for marble and granite concern from finally setting in Chicago in 1896 to practice law.
In July 1910, he married Jean Thomson Harris, a Scottish girl and a co-member in Chicago Prairee Club.
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 Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, a retired chartered accountant, was a founding partner of Wilkinson & Company, a public accounting firm. He is a past president of the Public Accountants Council for the Province of Ontario and a past treasurer of both the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec and the Royal Canadian Military Institute and was elected a fellow of the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants.
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 Rtn Rafiq Ahmed Siddique MPHF, B was born on 16th December, 1948. He passed SSC from St. Gregory's School in First Division and did his Pre-University (I.A.) from Lahore, Pakistan also in First Division and was in the merit list. He did his BA (Hons.) and M.A in Economics from Dhaka University. He obtained a Post graduate Diploma in Advanced Industrial Management from Delft Technological University, Holland with Distinction.
He served in Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation in various
capacities such as M.D. Progoti Industries Ltd. (erstwhile Gandhara
Industries, Chittagong), Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory Ltd.,
Chittagong Steel Mills Ltd., General Electric Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
(erstwhile GEM Plant). Read more
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 RI President-elect Dong Kurn Lee announces the 2008-09 RI theme, Make Dreams Real, to incoming district governors at the 2008 International Assembly.
"Once I understood the issues behind that terrible number, I knew what
I needed to do," Lee said. He told the incoming governors that Rotary
will keep the service emphases of recent years -- water, health and
hunger, and literacy -- but asked them to focus their efforts in each
of these areas on children.
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Some Facts and Figures
The 24th Rotaract District Conference of Rotary International District, 3280 named as "Joy Jayanti- 08" was held on 14-15 March 2008 in Sylhet. It was hosted by Rotaract Club of Sylhet South East and Rtn. PP Zahed Akter chaired the...
RYLA 2008 was held between 26 to 29 March at BKSP (Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan), Savar. Three Clubs RC Dilkusha, RC Dhaka Premier & RC Mirpur organized the event for the District. Rtn. PP Zohurul Islam of RC Mirpur was the Chairman of...
250 nos. Wheel Chairs were distributed to the physically challenged children as also adult persons by RC Dhaka. The Wheel Chairs were sent by Crocodile International and the total job of arranging freight, payment of duties and actual operation was...
