Prime Minister Tarique Rahman today directed authorities concerned to find ways to make the country\u2019s Zakat management system more effective and well organized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Premier issued the detective at a meeting on Zakat management held at the Cabinet Division in the Bangladesh Secretariat here, Prime Minister\u2019s Deputy Press Secretary Md Zahidul Islam Rony confirmed the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad), Secretary of the ministry Munshi Alauddin Al Azad and As-Sunnah Foundation Chairman Shaykh Ahmadullah attended the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rony said that during an iftar programme held on March 7 in honour of Islamic scholars and orphans, the Prime Minister had said that a proper Zakat management system could play a significant role in eliminating poverty in the country within the next 10 to 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToday\u2019s meeting was held in line with that statement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the meeting\u2019s outcome Rony said the meeting discussed how an effective Zakat management system could contribute to poverty alleviation in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides, the meeting decided to reconstitute the Zakat Board, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rony said that the meeting recommended forming a committee headed by Religious Affairs Minister Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain (Kaikobad) with Baitul Mukarram National Mosque\u2019s Khatib Allama Mufti Abdul Malek, As-Sunnah Foundation Chairman Shaykh Ahmadullah along with several leading Islamic economists and prominent Islamic scholars as members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the Deputy Press Secretary, the Ministry of Religious Affairs will propose the names for the full committee within the next ten days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The committee will soon submit its recommendations to the Prime Minister regarding Zakat management and the reconstitution of the Zakat Board, Rony said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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