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A 31-member 'Organisation for Recognition of Bangla as an Official Language of the UN' (ORBOLUN), Bangladesh Chapter was formed making Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf as its president and Dhaka Post editor and creative writer Prof Omar Faruque as General Secretary. In this connection a meeting was held at former Chief Election Commissioner Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf's residence at House # 9, Road # 16, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212 in the capital at 10.00 AM an on February 29. The meeting was presided over by the former Chief Election Commissioner Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf and attended among others, by Advocate Sheikh Muhd. Serajul Islam, Daily New Nation Editor Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Prof Dr Shaheda Obaed, Dhaka Post editor Prof Omar Faruque, eminent litterateur Farida Hossain, Deputy Director of Bangla Academy Zahidul Islam, Advocate Bakhtiar Uddin Khan Iqbal, Barrister Ahmed Sohel, Dr Raihan Ahmed Chowdhury, Dr Morjina Akhter, Md Monir Hossain (BTV) Zainul Abedin Liton (Bangla Academy) and Md Lutfur Rahman Robin BTV, says a press release.

It may be mentioned that organisation for Recognition of Bangla as an Official Language of the UN' (ORBOLUN) is a UK-based organisation which has taken the pioneering move to make Bangladesh as one of the UN official languages.

Organisation for Recognition of Bangla as an Official Language of the UN (ORBOLUN), was formed in a meeting held at Bangladesh Centre in Birmingham on July 8, 2006. In that meeting a five-member ORBOLUN committee was formed making Tofazzal Hussain Chowdhury as its Convener. Subsequently, a full-fledged 21-member committee was formed making former Ambassador Dr Tozammel Huq (who is better known as Tony Haque in the UK) its president and Tofazzal Hussain Chowdhury as General Secretary.

Dhaka Post editor Prof Omar Faruque attended different meetings of this organisation in the UK. Especially in the meetings in London and Cardiff in July 2007 he was requested by the ORBOLUN leaders there to open a branch of this organisation in Bangladesh to expedite the movement for making Bangla as one of the UN Languages. In this context a 31-member ORBOLUN, Bangladesh Chapter was formed through this meeting.

ORBOLUN Bangladesh Chapter will carry out its activities in Bangladesh in coordination with ORBOLUN UK.