30th AGM of Mukti Cox's Bazar held

The 30th Annual General Meeting-2025 of Mukti Cox's Bazar was held on 26 September 2025 at the conference room “Mukti Bhaban” of the organization's Head Office. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Santosh Sharma, President of the Executive Committee of Mukti Cox's Bazar, and moderated by Mr. Bimal Chandra Dey Sarker, the Chief Executive of the organization.

The meeting started with the national anthem and an introductory session where the President of the meeting, Mr. Santosh Sharma, delivered his welcome speech. He said, “Mukti Cox's Bazar has not deviated even a single bit from the path of welfare with which it  started its journey. The credit goes to those advisors and staff, whose good advice, guidance, tireless work and sincerity have helped the organization move forward firmly for the welfare of humanity despite numerous obstacles.”

Mr. Professor Someswar Chakravorty, one of the founders of Mukti Cox's Bazar, said in his speech that Mukti Cox's Bazar was born with the aim of eliminating illiteracy, poverty and all forms of discrimination and backwardness. He opined that the presence of institutions like Mukti Cox's Bazar in every district and upazila of Bangladesh is crucial for building a society free from corruption and discrimination.

Advocate Mr. Shibu Lal Debdas, a member of the advisory board of Mukti Cox's Bazar, highlighted the innumerable adversities faced during the establishment of Mukti Cox's Bazar and called upon all the workers to be more honest, just and sincere in their work, being committed to humanitarian work. He urged everyone to extend cooperation in the activities of Mukti Cox's Bazar to continue the trend of philanthropic service in personal and social life.

Afterwards, the General Secretary of the Executive Committee, Shormin Siddiqua Lima, presented the minutes of the 29th Annual General Meeting and the Annual Report-2025. In addition, she praised the qualityful initiatives being implemented at the field level. She emphasized on taking the organization forward by owning the core values and properly fulfilling assigned responsibilities. Furthermore, she drew the attention of all to the fact to increase the inspection of project activities at the field level by the General and Executive Committee.

At this point of the AGM, Mr. Bimal Chandra Dey Sarker, the Chief Executive of Mukti Cox's Bazar, presented the audit report of the organization's Micro Credit Assistance Program (MCAP) and other humanitarian & development initiatives. He also gave an informative PPT presentation on the achievements and progress of the organization's 33 ongoing projects.

The President of the meeting, Mr. Santosh Sharma, conducted an open question and answer session on the minutes of the 29th Annual General Meeting, Annual Report-2025, Financial Audit Report-2025 and the achievements and progress of the projects and presented them to the members of the General Committee for approval, which was approved by consensus of all.

The meeting was attended by about 80 participants, including the founder of the organization, Mr. Advocate Sujit Chowdhury; founding president and current advisor, eminent educationist, Mr. Professor Someswar Chakravorty; former president and current advisor, eminent lawyer, Mr. Shibu Lal Debdas; vice-president of the executive committee, Professor Zebun Nesa; general secretary, Shormin Siddiqua Lima; members of the general and executive committee, the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive, members of the senior management committee, and project coordinator of Mukti Cox's Bazar.