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Thursday, November 26, 2020

[mukto-mona] Video-Preview of BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show (Dec-5-2020)



Dear Community Friends,​​​​

Please watch the Video-Preview of the BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show (Dec-5-2020) at the YouTube link given right here below. Please share and distribute this YouTube link to your e-mail groups, Facebook, and other social media. Thank you.

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Google drive attachment for Preview:

 BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show_Trailer Final.mp4

 
The full program in Live-Video-Stream will be broadcast to the greater community online on Dec-5-2020, via BUFLA Facebook page, where many more Seniors have participated and shared their life-long experiences and talents as per the following:

BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show (Virtual)

Date:  December-5-2020, Saturday

Time:  7 PM to 9 PM (PST: California Time)


Live-Video-Stream at   


https://www.facebook.com/BUFLAUSA/ 


Dear Community Friends,


We are cordially inviting you to watch and enjoy the BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show from anywhere in USA and beyond. This entertainment show by our Seniors is the first-time of its kind in the history of our community. It will be Live-Video-Streamed through BUFLA Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BUFLAUSA/ on Dec-5-2020 Saturday from 7 PM to 9 PM (PST: California time). 


Many Seniors from the greater Los Angeles area, Silicon Valley, Kansas, Texas, and New York have participated in this Talent Show. All presentations and performances have already been video-recorded and will be streamed together for your enjoyment and entertainment online for audiences across USA and beyond, on Dec-5-2020.


Here are some of the things that our Seniors, as presenters and performers, have done and already video-recorded to entertain you:

 

1)    Commented about BUFLA

2)    Introduced themselves

3)    Shared their Education and Profession in Bangladesh 

4)    When they came to USA

5)    Education, Profession, and challenges in USA

6)    Community involvements in Bangladesh and USA

7)    Hobbies 

8)    Recited self-written poems, and recited poems by famous poets

9)    Singing of songs

10)  Sharing of Arts and Paintings

11)   Jokes that will make you laugh 

12)  Some accomplishments in life 

13)  Happiest moments and events of life

14)  Sad memories of life

15)   Sharing the philosophy of life evolved from many experiences 

16)  Comments about COVID-19 effects and some very essential advices 

17)  Sharing of many other highlights of life walking along the long memory lane of life


Please mark your calendar for Dec-5-2020 from 7 PM to 9 PM (PST: California time), and please plan to enjoy this unique BUFLA Senior Club Talent Show with your family and friends. Thank you very much. 


On behalf of BUFLA Advisory Council:


Event Coordinator
Mohammed Abdul Hannan (818) 266-8806, miahannan123@gmail.com

Event Co-Coordinators

BUFLA-AC (Advisory Council)

Ziaur Rahman - (Chairman),  732-829-8252, ziaur1rahman@gmail.com,zia_100@yahoo.com, Haroon Rashid (Vice-Chair) (909) 569-3629, haroondka@gmail.com, Sqn. Ldr Muhammad Zaman (626) 253-2262, mn_zaman@yahoo.com, Mohammed Abdul Hannan (818) 266-8806, miahannan123@gmail.com,  Rafiqul Islam (323) 806-5332   sheikhrafiq@gmail.com, Shawkat Alam, 951-310-4055, shaw4homes@gmail..com,  Dr. Mohammad Auwal  (626) 679-3141, mauwal@gmail.com, Dr. Mahbub Khan (408) 859-3566, mahbubkhan@ieee.org 


BUFLA-Cabinet:

Shiper Chowdhury: President of BUFLA


Shiper Chowdhury: President,  805-551-0392, presshiper@gmail.com,  Mahbubur Rahman (Shaheen):  Vice President, 213-220-7198,  shaheen90020@hotmail.com, Anjuman Ara Sheulee: General Secretary,  213-200-2901, choitee76@yahoo.com,  Faruque Howlader:  Organizing Secretary, 213-509-9393, mfhowlader@yahoo.com, Abdus Samad: Public Relations Secretary,  310-619-3532, labanglatimes@gmail.com,  Roshny Alam: Cultural Secretary: 562-310-3669, rowshanaraa@yahoo.com


BUFLA BOT (Board of Trustees)

Mourshad Alam Haider - Chairman: 909-996-6609 mourshad@yahoo.com, Habib Ahmed Tia 818-430-5726, Nasimul Gani 909-844-1336 nasimgani@gmail.com, Rumi Solaiman 909-921-9191 rumisolaiman@yahoo.com


BUFLA Charity Committee Members:


Jashim Ahmed (BUFLA Charity Committee Coordinator):  818-987-7454, ahmed.j@sbcglobal.net, Dr. Abul Hashem: 213-200-0984, hashemdds1@gmail.com, Khandakar Alam:  909-732-8800, alamkhandakar96@yahoo.com,  Shamsuddin Manik: 818-744-6284, shamsuddinmanik@gmail.com, Engr. Saleh Kibria: 323-404-1386, saleh_kibria@yahoo.com, Major Enamul Hamid:  323-896-8779, hamidenamul@gmail.com,  Nazrul Alam: 818-469-4300, nalam3@hotmail.com



BUFLA-EC (Executive Committee)

 

American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers & Architects (AABEA-SC): Jamshed A Hyder - President, (909) 728-0813, president@aabeascc.org, Iqbal Rahman, Mohammed Mahibur Rais, Shahid Alam

Bangladeshi American Association of LA (BAALA): Mohammad Ali - President, (213) 570-3100,alikhan23@live.com, Shahed Khan Duli, Saiful A Chowdhury, Zakir Hussain Khan

Bangladesh Armed Forces Veteran Officers Association (BAFVOA):Lt. Col. (Retd) Omar Huda - President, (818) 689-0445,omarhuda@live.com, Sqn. Ldr. (Retd.) Mohammad Zaman, Flt. Lt. (Retd.) Fida Hossain, Lt. ( Retd.) Zia Islam

Bangladesh Medical Association of North America (BMANA): Dr. Rubina Najeeb - President, (714) 377-0227,bmanacachapter1@gmail.com, Dr. Iqbal Munir, Dr. Aboo Nasar, Dr. Diba Farah

Bangladesh Mela: Mohammad Tarek- Preident, (323) 382-4129,tarek90020@gmail.com, Jamiul Islam Belal, Siddiqur Rahman, Jahangir Joney

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B N P): Badrul Chowdhury Shiplu - President, (818) 679-4924,badrulchowdhury@sbcglobal.net, M Wahid Rahman, Murshedul Islam, Mahbubul Rahman Shaheen

Bikrompur Association: Dr. Abul Hashem - President, (213) 200-0984,hashemdds1@gmail.com, Mohammed Rahman, Mohammed Shahidul Haq

Chittagong University Alumni Association (CUAA): Ilias Sikder - President, (805) 458-0507,tigersikder@yahoo.com, Mohammed Rafiquzzaman, Md. Ahsan Hafeez, Iftekhar Ahmed

Dhaka University Alumni Association  (DUAA):  Khandakar Alam - President, (909) 732-8800,alamkhandakar96@yahoo.com, Quzi Mashoorul Huda, Swakat Alam, Shiekh Rafiqul Islam

Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI):  Engr.. Saleh Kibria - President, (323) 404-1386,salehkibria@yahoo.com, Zadiul Hai, Monirul Islam, Roshny Alam

Dohar Association of California: Sohidul Islam - President, (213) 531-1979,shahid4i@yahoo.com, Mohin Ahmed, Sikdar Habibur Rahman, Siba Islam

Greater Faridpur Association: Hossain Ali - President, (818) 321-5447,romanasikder@yahoo.com, Chonnou Mollik, Zakir Khan, Rob Rabbani

Greater Khulna Association: Dublo Amin - President, (213) 663-4121, Faruq Howlader,mfhowlader@yahoo.com, Md. Alam, Md. Ahsan

Grisho Boron (Summer Festival) Orange County: Rafiqul Haque Raju - President, (714) 470-0814,muhammed.haque01@gmail.com, Rezaul Karim, Nazrul Islam Fahim, Fatema Khatun Moni

Jalalabad Association of California: Assaduz Zaman Bachchu - President, (323) 821-9976,zamanbachchu@gmail.com, Mohammed Badrul Alam, Syeed Nasir Uddin, Mohammed Nazrul Alam

Los Angeles Tiger Club: Mehdi Hassan - President, (213) 590-9920,mahadihm@yahoo.com, Elias Khan, M. M. Shameem, Christopher B. Austin

Muslim Ummah of North America (MUNA): Ashraf Hossain Akbar - President, (213) 926-2959,ashraf.akbar@gmail.com, Ali Akbar, Abdul Mannan, Anisur Rahman

Osmani Smrity Shangsod: Jashim A. Ashrafi - President, (818) 987-7454,ahmed.j@sbcglobal.net, Abul Hasnath Rayhan, Matab Ahmed, Faizu Subhan

Sylhet World Council: Jafrin Tia - Council Chair, (818) 430-5726, habib.ahmed@sbcglobal.net, Mohi Uddin, Shofir Uddin, Shuhin Choudhury

Taranga of California: Shiper Chowdhury - President, (805) 551-0392, presshiper@gmail.com, Enamul Hamid, Bashir Ahmed, Moazzem Hossain Chowdhury

Uttoron of Los Angeles: Anjuman Ara - President, (213) 200-2901,choitee76@yahoo.com,Shahnag Bulbul, Ashraf Hossain (Babul), Khurshed -uz- Zaman

Vashani Foundation: Mohammed Shamsuddin Manik - President, (818) 744-6284,shamsuddinmanik@gmail.com, Sheik Raza, Abdus Samad, Abul Khair

 

BUFLA Associate Members

 

Bangladesh Community of Inland Empire (BCIE): Sheikh Rafiqul Islam - President, 323-806-5332, sheikh.rafiq@yahoo.com, Zillur Rahman, Mohammad F Haque, Mahadi Sabin Salim

Probash Bangla: Quazi Moshoorul Huda - President, 213-590-1554,quazi.huda12@gmail.com, Sharmin Sohana Trisha, Mohammed Hasan, Shofi Ahmed

Banglabandhu Sishu Kishore Mela: Salma Alam - President, 213-595-2920,jothy.alam@gmail.com, Mahmuda Alam Nilu, Kaniz Fatema, Saharin Alam

Sanatan Bengali Society: Bidyut Dey - President, 949-302-1277,sanatonbengalisociety.org, Amrita Bibek Sarker, Tulsi Saha, Sougata Mazumder

Bangabandhu Cultural Organization: Tawfiq Suleman Khan - President, 213-842-1048,tskhan007@yahoo.com, Jahir Udddin Ahmed Panna, Zamal Hossain, Shahriar Khalil Rebel

California Awami Volunteers League: Md. Shah Alam Khan Chowdhury - President, 602-715-0174,salam7166@yahoo.com, Amir Hossain Sardar, Aliza Hossain, Eliyas Hossain

                                                

                                                                             

 

Additional BUFLA Team Members and Supporters

Major Enamul Hamid: 323-896-8779, Dr. Kali Pradip Chaudhuri 951-683-5988, Moazzem Chowdhury 661-816-8468, Belayet Hossain 702-210-2839, Tia Habib 818-430-5726, Col. Omar Huda 818-689-0445, Haroon Rashid 909-569-3629, Nasimul Gani 909-653-4314, Rumi Sulaiman 909-921-9191, Emdadul Huq Bob 775-815-8726, Dr. Rafiqul Alam 951-683-5988, Sqn Ldr Muhammad Zaman 626-253-2262, Shahidul Islam: 213-531-1979,  Habibur Rahman Swaraj 213-380-3650, Mourshad Haider: 909-996-6609, Lt. Ziaul Islam818-518-5784, Engr Saiful Huq 949-449-9975, Anwar Hussain Rana, Quazi Moshoorul Huda 213-255-0213, Anisur Rahman 213-840-7264, Ilias Sikder  805-458-0507, Ashraf Akbar 213-926-2959, Sayedul Hoq 805-696-3374, Ali Akbar 714-930-6677, Abul Hasnat Rayhan 818-383-9560, Lt. Ziaul Islam 818-518-5784, Mohammad Ali 213-570-3100,  Ahsan Bachu 818-365-0030, Humayun 213-925-8399, Quazi Moshoorul Huda 213-255-0213, Jahan Hassan 818-968-6736, SK Zaman, Shafiul Alam Babu, Ferdous Khan, Nazrul Islam Chowdhury Kanchon 213-270-4567, Badrul Alam Chowdhury Shiplu 818-679-4924,  Dr. Pradip Chowdhury, Dr. Iqbal Munir, Dr. Salma Khan, Dr. Rubina Najeeb, Dr. Aboo Nasar (Shuman),   Dr Moazzem Hossain, Dr. Ruby Hossain, Abul Kashem Toha 818-624-1551, Dr. Shah Alam 818-370-3685, Diluar Chowdhury 909-213-5862, Khaleed Hossain 818-681-3710, Syed Nasiruddin Zebul, Layek Ahmed 818-294-1523, Faruq Howlader 213-509-9393, Dablu Amin, Maruf Khan 424-215-6461,  Siddikur Rahman Foisal 818-593-9441, Sheikh Rafiqul Islam 323-806-5332, Shahnag Bulbul 213-304-1607, Aktar Hossain Mia 213-235-8619, Mohammad Tareq 323-382-4129, Enamul hoque Emran 818-625-5031, Karim Chaudhury 805-358-9635, Md Hasan 805-218-5574,  Dr. Khalid Mahmud 951-315-2608, Shaw Ali 951-279-4741, Flt Kt Fida Hossain 951-283-4917, Dr. Rezaul Karim 714-519-1220, Dr. Rafiqul Bhuyan 909-537-5789, Tahmina Morshed 213-840-7264, Badiul Alam 626-627-7462, Kushum Alam 818-445-8522, Manzurul Chowdhury Rabiul,  Jilani Sadiq 714-269-6607, Khaled Gazi – 949-653-0606, Zafar Ullah 562-305-3819, Firoze Fakhri 714-470-6438, Ahsan Hafeez 213-509-9393, Ashraf Hossain Babul 213-884-3538, Saiful Alam Chowdhury 323-338-1417, Mushfiqur Chowdhury Khosru 323-422-5479, SMA Razzaque 213-389-1208, Farhana Sayeed 213-926-7522 and many others.



BUFLA

Bangladesh Unity Federation of Los Angeles (BUFLA)

BUFLA is a Federation of many different Bangladeshi Organizations of Greater Los Angeles area in California, USA

www.bufla.com, www.bufla.org



BUFLA Office and Mailing Address:
BUFLA,  135 S. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA




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Monday, November 23, 2020

[mukto-mona] Opinion: The depths of debt



The depths of debt
SALEEM SAMAD
Developing countries such as Bangladesh are struggling to balance fighting Covid-19 and keep up with their growing public debt
The global leaders have realized that the coronavirus crisis has jolted the world from a slumber, to understand that the crisis has unveiled the spectre of a larger global crisis.
The health care crisis and its cascading economic consequences are predicted to further plunge many countries in the developing world into an unprecedented crisis, further pushing millions of people into poverty and starvation.
These conditions shine a strong light on the continuing debt problem that stands in the way of people's survival -- the fight against inequality, the realization of their human rights, sovereignty and the self-determination of people, economic, gender, and ecological justice, and the pursuit of a dignified life.
Hundreds of international, regional, and civil society organizations (CSOs) including Action Aid, CADTM International, Oxfam, Third World Network, joined by 120 Bangladesh NGOs led by Coast Trust, are demanding to suspend the realization of debt instalments for all public debts of developing countries combating the Covid-19 pandemic so that the ongoing coronavirus crisis is not aggravated.
They call upon world leaders, national governments, and financial institutions both public and private, to take urgent action in compliance with their obligations and responsibilities, and commit to unconditional cancellation of public external debt payments.
The CSOs demanded the suspension of all instalments of public debt for at least the financial year 2020-2021 so that countries can develop the capacity to combat the pandemic and overcome the impact of this disaster on its citizens' health, food, and economic vulnerabilities.
An international statement issued during Global Week (October 10-17) of action for debt cancellation sought the decisive and full solution to the debt problem as part of the profound transformation of economic and financial systems that the present crises so urgently demand.
Meanwhile, the CSO network appealed to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and other bilateral, regional, and multilateral development financiers of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's economy is severely under stress due to the additional burden of pandemic management, while the country has a budget deficit of $17.65 billion in the current financial year.
The CSOs in Bangladesh are trying to urgently bring to global attention that the government of Bangladesh for the current financial year is being forced to allocate $6.20bn for servicing external debts to international financial institutions.
They are urging the multilateral, regional, and bilateral financial institutions to strictly follow the suggestions made by the World Bank and IMF and suspend the servicing of the public debts for 2020, so that the government can use its resources to fund initiatives to help the people in overcoming the Covid-19 challenge.
On the other hand, the G-20 governments announced the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) -- not a cancelation but merely an eight-month delay of up to $12bn worth of payments for public debts.
Much of this debt is illegitimate, the CSO network argues. The international creditors lend irresponsibly and unfairly, driven by predatory lending. The money is used to finance harmful projects and policies, failing to comply with legal and democratic requirements, is saddled with onerous and unjust terms, and incurred by private corporations but assumed by governments or incurred through public guarantees of private profits.
The conditional loans, including cuts in public services and social protection, and severe austerity programs, have also caused as great if not greater harm than debt servicing, especially on women and girls, indigenous people, and the most impoverished and vulnerable people and communities.
CSOs argue that the demand is much more than "debt relief," but also for "debt justice."

First published in the Dhaka Tribune on 24 November 2020

Saleem Samad is an independent journalist, media rights defender, and recipient of Ashoka Fellowship and Hellman-Hammett Award. He can be reached at saleemsamad@hotmail.com; Twitter @saleemsamad





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