The Central Executive Committee of the World Federation of Bangladeshi Buddhists, an international organization of Buddhists, has been formed.
The committee is eyeing to build a bridge of the unity of expatriate Buddhists, and to protect the language, culture religious heritages, says a press note.
On April 9, 2022, through the International Virtual Conference of the World Federation of Bangladeshi Buddhists (WFBB), a 91-member Central Executive Council was formed with Dr. Basumitra Barua, a distinguished scientist from Arizona, the USA as president and eminent organizer engineer Suhas Barua, who lives in Boston, as the secretary-general.
The members have been elected for a period of four years to various posts of the committee through the proposal of the members present and the support of the maximum members.
Dr. Basumitra Barua, the convener of the organization, presided over the introduction meeting of the members at the beginning of the election.
At the outset, Arun Jyoti Barua of Geneva, who read the threads from the holy Tripitaka, conducted the nearly five-hour-long election program jointly conducted by Member Secretary Suhas Barua from the United States and Joint Member Secretary Tapas Barua Ripon from France.
The 91-member newly elected committee published a list of leaders elected from different countries of the five continents for various positions.
Dr. Basumitra Barua President (Arizona, UNITED STATES), Senior Vice-President Udayan Barua (Paris, France), Vice President Ashish Barua (Toronto, Canada), Engineer Ashish Barua (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Businessman Paban Barua (London, United Kingdom) Engineer Soumen Barua (Nagpur,India), Arun Jyoti Barua (Geneva, Switzerland), Secretary-General Engineer Suhas Barua (Boston, USA), Joint-Secretary-General Tapas Barua Ripon (Paris, France), Sasim Gauri Charan Barua (Geneva, Switzerland), Anuttar Barua (Sarja, United Arab-Emirates), Mridul Barua (Bangkok, Thailand), Shaibal Barua (South Africa), Nitish Barua (Sydney, Australia), Secretary-General of Finance Engineer Sumedh Tapas Barua (Venice, Italy), Joint Finance Secretary Kanan Barua (Toronto, Canada), Joint Finance Secretary Dipu Kanti Barua (Paris, France) , Joint Finance Secretary Abhi Barua (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Joint Finance Secretary Prajoy Barua (Boston, USA), Joint Finance Secretary Rajib Barua (South Africa), Joint Finance Secretary Johny Barua (Ajman, Middle East), Joint Finance Secretary Pankaj Barua (Sydney, Australia), Organising Secretary Ranabir Barua (New-York,USA),Joint-Organising Secretary Secretary Mitu Barua (Paris,France), Joint-Organising Secretary Bikash Barua Choton (Abu Dhabi, Middle East),Joint-Organising Secretary Sujan Barua (London,UK),Joint-Organising Secretary Kanan Barua (Tokyo, Japan) , Joint-Organising Secretary Rubel Chowdhury (South Africa), International Affairs Secretary Suman Barua (Kolkata, India)
, International Affairs Joint Secretary Anik Barua (Bangkok, Thailand) , Joint Secretary of International Affairs, Pratinu Barua (Paris, France), Press and Media Secretary Asim Bikash Barua (Seoul, South Korea), Joint-Press and Media Secretary Shubhashish Barua (New York, USA), Joint-Press and Media Secretary Sunandan Barua (Paris, France), Joint Secretary of Press and Media Kanchan Barua (Abu Dhabi, Middle East), Publicity and Publications Secretary Shimul Barua (Boston, USA),Joint Publicity and Publications Secretary Amiya Barua (Paris, France), Joint Publicity and Publications Secretary Deepak Barua (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Education, Literature and Arts Secretary Subrata Barua (New Delhi, India), Cultural Secretary Ms. Madhushree Chowdhury (Kolkata, India) , Joint- Cultural Secretary Ms. Srabani Barua Sheela (Toronto, Canada) Joint-Cultural Secretary Ms. Sharmila Barua (Muscat, Oman) and Joint-Cultural Secretary Kanan Barua Danal (Michigan, USA), Joint Cultural Secretary Baran Barua (Paris, France), Secretary of Social Development Mrs Shipra Barua (Montreal, Canada), Social Development Joint Secretary Mr. Sheku Barua (California, USA), Secretary of Women and Children Affairs Ms. Jharna Barua (California, USA), Joint Secretary of Women and Children Affairs Ms. Togar Barua (Paris, France), Secretary of Human Rights Swadesh Barua (Paris, France).
Joint Secretary on Human Rights Rana Barua (California, USA), Joint Secretary on Human Rights Shipon Barua (London, UNITED KINGDOM), Joint Secretary on Human Rights Suman Chakma (Geneva, Switzerland), Humanities and Public Services Secretary Lablu Barua (Norway), Humanities and Public Services Joint Secretary Rupesh Barua (Ireland),, Secretary of Youth and Leadership Development Biplab Barua (Madrid, Spain), Joint Secretary of Youth and Leadership Development Sohel Barua (Massachusetts, USA), Youth and Leadership Development Joint Secretary Ajit Barua (Madrid, Spain), Youth and Leadership Development Joint Secretary Abu Barua (Sarja, Middle East),, Youth and Leadership Development Joint Secretary Khokan Barua (Oman), Religion and Interfaith Secretary Saikat Barua (Toronto, Canada), Religion and Inter-Religious Joint-Secretary Dipan Barua (Paris, France), Religion and Inter-Religious Joint-Secretary Manik Barua (Sarja, Middle East), Information Technology Secretary Soumitra Barua (Tokyo, Japan), , Information Technology Joint Secretary Prasenjit Barua (New York, USA), Information Technology Joint Secretary Rajib Barua (Paris, France), Information Technology Joint Secretary Avijit Barua (London, UK) and Information Technology Joint Secretary Engineer Ranjoy Barua (North Carolina, USA), Student and Career Development Secretary Sanjoy Barua Chowdhury (Bangkok, Thailand), Student and Career Development Joint Secretary Protik Barua (Tokyo, Japan), Secretary of Immigration and Legal Affairs Suman Barua (California, USA), Joint Secretary for Immigration and Legal Affairs Ajit Barua (Paris, France),, Joint Secretary for Immigration and Legal Affairs Suman Arion Barua (London, United Kingdom), Indigenous Welfare Secretary Suman Chakma (Berlin, Germany), Indigenous Welfare Joint Secretary Rana Barua Ji Sang (South Korea), Indigenous Welfare Secretary Suman Barua (Spain), Health and Sports Secretary Biddut Barua Johny Deep (California,USA),, Joint Secretary of Health and Sports Sajal Barua (Paris, France), Joint Secretary of Health and Sports Ashok Barua (Spain), Secretary of Planning and Environment Engineer Supayan Barua (Sarja, Middle East) Joint Secretary of Planning and Environment Engineer Kiran Barua (California, USA) Executive Member: Engineer Asim Talukdar (Middle East) , Shekhar Barua (Philippines), Asim Barua (Austria), Sushobhan Barua (Singapore) Dhananjay Barua (France), Apu Barua (Spain),Dipankar Barua (Taiwan),, Sajib Barua (Hong Kong), Alok Barua (Philippines), Sujoy Barua (Sydney, Australia), Sasim Barua (Malaysia), Bidyut Barua Karuna Tissa (Taiwan).
The international organization called 'World Federation of Bangladeshi Buddists' was formed with the great aim of ensuring that these Buddhists of Bangladesh, who have thousands of years of talented contribution and glory in Bangladesh, do not go to different countries and lose their thousand years of culture, heritages, religion and do not become isolated from kinship, social relations, the leaders of the organization said.
At present, the organization represents Bangladeshi Buddhists living in about 35 countries on five continents of the world.
