Next Week’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 12 April 2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: TBA

DHAKA ROTARY NEWS ISSUE 38> VOLUME 79> YEAR 2015-16>Dated 05.04.2016

REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS

Today’s Program

Venue: Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel,

Kawran Bazaar, Dhaka

Date: 05 April 2016

Time: 5:30 pm

Program: Details as follows:

Guest Speaker: Engr Tasqem A Khan,

MD & CEO, DHAKA WASA Topic:

Water Supply & WASA

From the Editor’s Pen

Everyday thousands mother face death at child

birth and 7 million children below 5 years die every

year. Large number of maternal and child health

problems are due to inadequate or lack of

treatment. Whereas 80% maternal death could be

prevented with access to reproductive health

services with trained healthcare workers.

Maternal and child health care is one of the Six

Areas of Focus of Rotary Foundation. Rotary’s Polio

Plus program has been the most significant child

health care program to eliminate from the world

‘Polio’, the most dreaded killer disease for children.

Rotarians and clubs should develop and support

programs for immunization of children from

measles, malaria, pneumonia, HIV/AIDS and diar-

rheal diseases which are the main causes of death

in children under five. Effective measures are

needed to promote food with good nutrition

encouraging breast feeding for infants, develop

water and sanitation program and control trans-

mission of diseases like HIV/AIDS, Dengue, etc.

Clubs may organize participatory training program

with local community and healthcare professionals

during child birth that minimizes risk of death

especially in rural and undeveloped communities.

Rotary Club of Dhaka since its founding has been

very active in Maternal and Child Health Care

programs, like vaccination of mothers with Child

birth comp-lications at Azimpur Maternity

Hospital, providing improved safe water and

sanitation facility through the tube-well and

sanitary latrines program, cleft lip and palate

surgery program, histopathological testing

program, facilitating the treatment of women and

children cancer patients, vaccinations against

pneumonia (matching grant project) in keeping with

Rotary theme ‘Be a gift to the world’.

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Editor

Communication & Bulletin Sub-committee:

Chairman & Editor:

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan, PHF

Members:

Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly, PHF Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir MPHF, B, PHS, Rtn Mirza Hossain MPHF, Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF, Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM

Contact:

Rotary Bhaban, National Institute for Cancer Research & Hospital (NICR&H) Mohakhali, Dhaka - 1213 Tel: 9892465 E-mail: rcd@agni.com www.rcdhaka.org

Club of Dhaka

APRIL IS MATERNAL AND CHILD

HEALTH CARE MONTH

1) District Training Assembly: The District Training

Assembly will be held on May 21st

, 2016 and all the

Board Members and Committee Chairs are

requested to register for the event.

2) Installation Ceremony: The installation Ceremony

will be held on July 19th

, 2016 at Radisson, Dhaka.

Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain appealed to all the

members to collect advertisements for the Installa-

tion Souvenir.

Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain MPHF requested the

President to give floor to Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir to

brief the Club about the Foreign Fund Management as

he is concerned about the SCAW Fund that is going to

come next year. He emphasized that since many

members who are absent in the Rotary activities but

only keeping membership by making payment of the

dues. He requested the President to take up the matter

in the coming Board Meeting. Rtn PE S M Anwar

Hossain also emphasized that Rotary RC Dhaka should

aim at becoming an All PHF Club. He reiterated that all

the members of RCD should become PHF. The

President echoed the appeal of Rtn PE S M Anwar

Hossain and asked all the members to become PHF.

The President informed that Rotary Club of Dhaka has

qualified for the Presidential Citation. The President

made special acknowledgement of Rtn PP T I M Nurul

Kabir for becoming Major Donor, and also to all the

members for contributing 10 Dollars each.

The President requested Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir PHF B

MD PHS to brief the members about the Foreign Fund

Management, specially relating to the SCAW Funds.

Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir PHF B MD PHS explained to

the members that the Board has decided to register

the Rotary Club of Dhaka Trust in the NGO Bureau. He

reassured the members that the registration will be

complete soon. Rtn PP T I M Nurul Kabir informed the

members that this year the Rotary Convention is going

to be held in SEOUL Convention, Korea between May

28th

- June 1, 2016. He urged the members to register

for the convention. He also suggested that if the Club

wants, RCD can prepare a flyer demonstrating all the

service projects of the Club and can be a huge platform

to showcase RCD and its humanitarian projects.

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING OF ROTARY CLUB OF DHAKA

HELD AT PAN PACIFIC SONARGAON HOTEL, DHAKA ON TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016

The Rotary Club of Dhaka met on Tuesday, March 29,

2016 for their weekly meeting. The Club President Rtn

Md Nasimul Hoq Majumder PHF called the meeting to

order at 05.30 pm.

Invocation was led by Rtn

Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman.

Birthday and Wedding

Anniversary greetings

were read out by Rtn Dr

Fawzia Hossain, PHF.

The President welcomed Ms. Shaheen Zaman, Guest of

Rtn PP Khandker Badrul Hasan.

The President briefed the members about the ongoing

projects. Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan briefed the members

about the ABCD Project. He mentioned that 250

students have been treated this month and altogether

more than 3000 students were treated in the year.

Rtn Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman briefed the members on his

trip to Germ-any and Istanbul. He spoke about

the historical background of Turkey and the Ottoman

Empire. He expressed that the whole city is very

beautiful. He recommended that everyone should visit

Istanbul and not miss the Topkapi Palace and the Blue

Mosque. He lastly expressed that Turkey have preser-

ved all the historical sites for hundreds of years,

whereas we as a nation have not been able to preserve

our heritage.

Rtn Mahmud Hasan briefed the members about the

Rotary Peace Art Competition for children.

Rtn Lt Col (Retd) Syed Quamruzzaman BGBM shared his

views about the Family Day Out and observance of the

Independence Day at the Farm House of Rtn Ali

Bakhtiar Mehedi. He expressed that all the participants

enjoyed thoroughly the delicious food and great

hospitality of the host Rtn Ali Bakhtiar Mehedi. He

thanked the President for arranging the speeches from

2 freedom fighters who are also members of Rotary

Club of Dhaka. He further thanked the President and

his team for arranging such a beautiful program

involving the family.

The President congratulated Rtn Dr Fawzia Hossain PHF

and Rtn Md. Sohel for becoming PHF.

Rtn PE S M Anwar Hossain made announcements of

the following events:

RI PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE – APRIL 2016

K.R. RAVINDRAN

PRESIDENT 2015-16

Many years ago, in Kolkata, India, I had the chance to meet Mother Teresa. She was an incredible woman

with an incredible force of personality. When she walked down the street, the crowd parted in front of her

like the Red Sea. Yet when you talked to her, if you mentioned the tremendous things she had done, she

almost did not engage in this topic at all. By many reports, if you asked her what her greatest achievement

was, she would answer, "I am an expert in cleaning toilets."

The answer was both humorous and absolutely serious. Her business was caring for others. Toilets had to be

cleaned, so she cleaned them. There was no question of a job being beneath her. Helping people who

needed help was her work, and there was nothing higher, nothing in the world more important than that.

So one day, when an elegantly dressed man came to Kolkata looking for Mother Teresa, the nuns who

answered the door informed him that she was at the back of the house, cleaning the toilets. They pointed

the way, and indeed he found Mother Teresa scrubbing the toilets. She said hello, assumed he was there to

volunteer, and began explaining to him how to hold the toilet brush correctly and how not to waste water.

Then she put the brush in his hand and left him standing there, in his expensive suit, alone in the lavatory.

Later, the man came out, found Mother Teresa again, and said, "I have finished; may I speak with you now?"

"Yes, certainly," she said. He took an envelope out of his pocket and said, "Mother Teresa, I am the director

of the airline, and here are your tickets. I just wanted to bring them to you personally."

That airline director told that story again and again for the rest of his life. He said those 20 minutes spent

cleaning toilets had filled him with the greatest joy he had ever known – because by putting his hands to

Mother Teresa's work, he became part of that work. For those 20 minutes, he cared for the sick just as she

did: with his own hands, his own sweat.

That is exactly the opportunity that Rotary gives us. We might not do what Mother Teresa did – give up our

lives, our homes, our families. But for 20 minutes, 20 hours, 20 days of the year, we can be like her.

We can do the work that others will not with our hands, and our hearts, and our sweat, and our devotion –

knowing that what we do is the most important work in the world.

BOARD MEETING & FELLOWSHIP RTN JWAHERUL GANI’S MANSION

AusBangla care for Dental project (ABCD)

School Eye Examination (SEE) Project

Ten Tube Wells in Rowmari Kurigram Bangladesh

Sanitary Latrines in Rowmari Kurigram Bangladesh.

Food Bags Chal Chini Distribution

Joint Tree Plantation Project

Essential Supplies for Flood Affected Families

Year Launching Tree Plantation Project of RC of Dhaka

Joint Tree Plantation Project with RCD Orchid

Essential Food Distribution Program to 100 Vulnerable Families

Formation of New Rotaract Club

School Dental Health Program & Free Dental Camp

RC Dhaka in Patients Welfare Society

Breast Cancer awareness Program

Histopathological Test support project

Winter Clothes (Blankets) Distribution Project

"Specialized Health Camp on Skin Care"

Aussie Bangla Smile Project" Cleft Lip, Palate Surgery

Rotary Peace- Art Competition for children

Know Your Rights-An awareness program

MEET AND GREET OUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR AT THE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING

SAM Showket Hossain is best known in Bangladesh Corporate Sector as an Inspirer of

leadership, people and organisation development. An ardent believer of human potential and

dignity he sparkled to candle the light of professionalism to thousands of corporate executives

and brought to them personal advancement through training and coaching. Rtn. Showket, therefore, is recognized as

one of the luminaries of Bangladesh who made immense and indelible contribution to the field of human resources

development and organisation development. An International Master Trainer, Public Speaker, Researcher, Writer,

Editor and Management Consultant of all times, Rtn. SAM Showket Hossain is currently Group Chairman and Managing

Director of Centre for Developing Management Excellence, TACK International Bangladesh-Nepal, TMI Bangladesh-

Nepal, Express One Limited and Editor of Commerce & Industry.

Showket joined Rotary Club of Dhaka Central under RI District 3280 in April 1991. He never subordinated any call to

serve Rotary from Club Secretary, President to the current position as District Governor for 2015-2016. He Served as

Additional District Trainer and Chairman District Strategic Planning of dynamic District leader PDG Ishtiaque Zaman in

2012-2013. He served Rotary Club of Dhaka Central as Club Secretary, Club Bulletin Editor, Vice President, Board

Member number of Rotary terms, Club President, First Time in Rotary Year 1998-99, Second Time in 2006-2007. He

served the District 3280 as Resource Person and Trainer at President Elect Training Seminar, District Team Training,

District Assembly and District Conference since 2001, Chairman, Centennial Year Launching Ceremony, District Task

Force Member 2004-2005 and District Literacy Committee Chairman 2004-2005.

Showket's academic brilliance in Law, he did his LL.M and LLB (Hons) from Dhaka University. He also obtained Post-

Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Bangladesh Institute of Management and obtained another Diploma

in Leadership from the Institute of leadership, UK. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management,

UK and also obtained Post graduate Diploma in Sales & Marketing Management from Institute of Sales and Marketing

Management, UK. He is doing his PhD for the last four years. He has attended more than 150 short and long

professional and management courses all over the world during his long professional career.

He served in Senior Management positions over 9 years with leading daily news paper "The Bangladesh Times" from

1976 to 1985. During this time he obtained the prestigious Diploma in News Paper Management from American Press

Institute, USA. After having had the test of media management, he thought that there was even bigger opportunity

waiting for him - the ever exciting and glamorous world of Multinational Company. Without any loss of time, he joined

DHL Worldwide Express as Country Sales and Marketing Manager of DHL Bangladesh Operation. An undaunted

professional hero, Showket bagged many national and international laurels having achieved Gold Medal for

outstanding performance among the DHL South Asia and Indo-China countries. Other notable recognitions, among

others, are Best Public Relations Professional in DHL South East Asia-Pacific Region in 1990. He served DHL from 1985

till 1999, November as County Sales & Marketing Manager. He also served DHL Australia, Vietnam, Laos, Maldives,

Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Singapore and Malaysia on a short assignment and on a secondment programme. Achieved

recognition as an International Master Trainer and Certified Consultant by TACK International and TMI.

Rotary District Governor Showket attended RI Zone Literacy Seminar as a Resource Person at Chennai, India 2004-2005,

GML Editor 2005-2006, Chairman & Host of Organising Committee for Breakfast Meeting with RI Foundation Chairman

2005-2006 Frank J. Devlyn, Co-Chairman: RYLA, Chairman, District Year Launching Organising Committee 2007-2008,

Chairman, District Conference Promotion Committee 2008-2009, Chairman, District Year Launching Committee 2009-

2010. He also served the District as Asstt. District Trainer 2009-2010, Chairman, District Membership Seminar 2009-

2010, Chairman, District Leadership Seminar 2009-2010, Chairman, Organising Committee, Function in honour of RI

President Elect 2009-2010 Kalyan Banerjee, Chairman, Decoration Sub-Committee, District Conference 2009-2010,

Chairman, Decoration Sub-Committee, District Award Giving Ceremony 2009-2010. He achieved District Award for

Outstanding Performance & Contribution in 2009-2010, Chairman: District HIV AIDS Prevention Committee 2010-2011,

Additional District Trainer 2011-2012 and Co-Chairman, District Training Team 2013-2014, Chairman, District Year

Launching Organising Committee 2011-2012, Chairman, Organising Committee for District TRF Seminar 2012. He

attended Rotary International Zone Institute: Bangkok 2010, RI Convention in Bangkok 2012, RI Convention in

Singapore and RI Convention in Sydney in 2014, RI Zonal Meeting in Bangkok, DGN Training in Taiwan in 2013, all most

all the District events since 1991 till date.

Rtn Showket's Leadership contribution is being extended beyond the boundaries of Rotary. He is equally brilliant and

dynamic as Leader in numerous socio-cultural organization. To mention a few : he was Former Chairman and one of

SAM Showket Hossain

District Governor 2015-2016

Rotary International District 3281

MEET AND GREET OUR DISTRICT GOVERNOR (CON|TINUED)

the founders of Acid Survivors Foundation, Board Member and one of the founders of Uttaran School, Treasurer,

Scholars Special School, Life Member, Dhanmondi Club Ltd, Life Member Gazipur Club Ltd, Donor Member, Jessore

Rotary Health Complex, Donor Member, Noapara Rotary Diabetic Centre, Life Member, Rajshahi Cancer Hospital, Life

Member, Rotary Eye Hospital, School Foundation Complex, Saidpur and Life member Rajshahi Heart Foundation.

Rtn. Showket is a member of National Press Club for 30 years, former VP of Bangladesh News Paper Employees

Federation and the Secretary General of Bangladesh Shongbadpotro Porishad and the Secretary of Dhaka City Comm-

ittee of Bangladesh Chatra Union (Bangladesh Student Union). He is a life member and former President of Bangladesh

Law Association. Showket was the President, Secretary of the Central Committee, former and Presidium Member of

Bangladesh Youth Union. Showket was a first division cricket player who played in national league in 1970's-1793.

He represented Bangladesh at the World Peace Council Conference in Brussels, Switzerland, Athens, Greece,

Kathmandu, Nepal, Delhi, India, Showket represented Bangladesh at the World Congress of World Federation of

Democratic Youth at Athens, Greece, the Regional Peace Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal and the Regional Peace

Conference in Delhi, India, World Peace Council conference in Venezuela.

A well traveled person Rtn Showket traveled to Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia,

China, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabi, Quatar, Bahrain, UAE, UK, USA, Belgium, Soviet Union, Russia, Bulgaria,

Poland, Indonesia, Rumania, Hungary, Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Venezuela, Spain, Turkey, Cambodia,

Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Canada, Maldives, Estonia, Uzbekistan, etc. for business and professional activities. DG

Showket visited more than 200 Rotary Clubs as a guest speaker all over the world.

Rtn Showket is truly a family man with a neat and solid family consisting of a charming and highly placed government

official spouse Rtn. Nasreen Ara Surat Amin and two bright and talented children, one son, one daughter. Rtn. Nasreen

Ara Surat Amin MSS, BSS (Hons) BCS is currently the Additional Secretary, Government of the People's Republic of

Bangladesh. She has attended number of professional courses at home and abroad inclusive of senior service training.

She is also a veteran social worker and worked in various positions of a number of national level welfare organizations

and Ministries. She is a former Additional Register of Co-operatives/ (Administration) of Bangladesh Government and

also former Director of Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission. Rotary Let Samiha Maisha is a BBA Student and R-let

Syed Nafis Junaed is also a BBA Student.

His Hobby is reading books, listening music, love to spend time with friends and to make people happy and taking care

of senior citizens and elderly people-relatives.

The success thus DG Showket achieved turns out eventually as a radiant as well as ebullient testimony of earnest

human endeavours. His illustrious personality matches to the words of an inspirational observation of the world

famous American Poet Henry Wordsworth Longfellow when he said, "The divine insanity of noble minds, that never

falters nor abates, but labors, endeavours, and waits, till all that for sees it finds, or what is cannot find, creates"

Taqsem Khan is the Managing Director and CEO of Dhaka WASA, a service oriented and

autonomous commercial organization in the Public sector, covering over 460 km service area

and 12.5 million population with a production of 2400 MLD (Million Liter water per day). Taqsem is a Visionary

Leader who made dramatic reform (“Dhaka WASA Turn Around Program”) for last 6 years and converted a losing

organization into a profitable, environment friendly sustainable, pro-people and good governance public sector

water utility in Southeast Asia by increasing production, increasing revenue income 3 times, reducing NRW from

40% to 20%, reducing operating ratio to 0.66, introducing paperless e-billing system, ensuring water for all including

low income community with 97% revenue collection. Taqsem is a frequent speaker on water supply and sewerage

related issues at national and international media. He is also an active participant and leader at various professional

seminars and workshops.

Taqsem has 35 years of vast management experience. He obtained his Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from

Moscow, USSR in 1981, and started his professional career with PHILIPS Bangladesh Ltd. as Production Engineer.

From 1988 to 1998 Taqsem worked in the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,

B), one of the largest health research organizations of the Southeast Asia, as Chief Engineer. Prior to joining WASA

in 2009, Taqsem involved with different NGOs in USA and Bangladesh from 1999 to 2008 and also worked as Senior

Management Consultant in a British Management Training Company

Besides professional engagement, Taqsem is an environment activist and expert who is also one of the founder

member of BAPA, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bangladesh Environment Movement) in 2000.

MEET OUR GUEST SPEAKER

ENGR TAQSEM A KHAN,

Managing Director & CEO,

Dhaka WASA

MINUTES (CONTINUED)

NONE

05 April

R-Ann Hasinatun Nahar

W/o Rtn Md Jalalul Azim

07 April

Rtn Dr Niaz Abdur Rahman

11 April

R-Ann Samiha Zaman

W/o Rtn PP Capt M Khaliquzzaman

Meeting Statistics (29-03-2016)

Total Members 63

Honorary Member 01

Members exempted 05

(from attendance)

Members Present 22

Percentage of attendance 37.28%

Last week’s attendance rose to 35.59%

(from 31.66%)

Visiting Rotarians Nil

Club Guests Nil

Members’ Guests 01

Sunshine Box Collection (Tk). 920.0

The President thanked the following Rotarians for their

project involvements:

1) Rtn Ranjan Neogi PHF and Rtn PP Rafiqul Islam Rowly MPHF for

Ausi Bangla Smile Project.

2) Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF for Know Your Rights Project.

3) Rtn Mahmud Hasan RFSM for the Rotary Children Peace Art

Competition.

4) Rtn Abu Nawaz Bhuiyan PHF for the ABCD Project.

5) Rtn Ali Bakhtiar Mehedi as host of Family Get Together.

Rtn PP Capt Md Khaliquzzaman PHF invited all the members

to attend the mezban at his village on April 9th

, 2016,

Saturday after Zohr Prayers.

The President announced that this year 50 projects have

been completed.

Minutes of the earlier meeting were unanimously approved

by the members. The Club Secretary Rtn Barrister Shafayat

Ullah PHF announced the date of the next weekly club

meeting to be held on Tuesday, 5 April 2016 at Pan Pacific

Sonargaon Hotel at 05.30 pm. There being no other impor-

tant point to discuss the President adjourned the meeting.

Rtn Barrister Shafayat Ullah PHF

Club Secretary

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Name of Rotarian Rotary Club/ Events Date

Rtn Dr Faheem Shams e-Club One 29.03.16

Rtn Afroza Akhter PhD RC Waterloo 30.03.16

Grand River

Fellowship at RC Waterloo

Grand River, Canada

CLUB

PRESIDENT’S

MESSAGE