Dear Respected Community Members:
On behalf of the EKTARA productions, we would like to express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all the members of our community for making BIOSCOPE, featuring the dance drama, "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"- a mega success. This cultural extravaganza was held at the auditorium of T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, VA on Saturday, 7 August 2010.
A note of thanks goes to Mrs. Akramul Qader and all the staff and their spouses of the Bangladesh Embassy in D.C. for their participation, guidance and support to make this a successful event.
A special and heartfelt thank you to Mr. Jashim Uddin and Ms. Progya, the two masters of ceremonies of BIOSCOPE. Thank you for your top class performance.
We also thank our grand sponsor Royal Exchange Money Transfer, segment sponsors Mr. Abu Hanip (President, PeopleNTech) and Mr. Mohammed Huq Rajib (PR realty) for their generous support.
A personal note of thank and gratitude to everybody who have supported us financially. Thanks also to all the vendors for their participation and cooperation.
EKTARA will be greatly indebted to the following journalists and media outlets for their continuous and active support- Khabor (Shibbir Ahmed), News-Bangla (Shafi Delwar Kajol), RadioBanglaDC, Harun Chowdhury (ANA, Shangbadik Forum), Abdus Sattar (Channel I, ATN, Ekhonoy Somoy), Shamim Haider (NTV), Masuma Khatun and Rokeya Haider (VOA).
We also want to acknowledge and thank the continuous active support of the following individuals- Mrs. Inara Islam (President, BAAI), Mr. Mohammed Alamgir (President, BAGWDC), Mr. Nurul Amin Nuru (Secretary, BAGWDC), Mr. Mustafa Hussain Mukul, Mr. Anisur Rahman Khan, Mr. Miro Jangi (President, BABA), Mr. Abu Rumi , Mr. Mohammad Bhuiyan Kamal , Mr. Faizul Islam, Mr. Inam Haque, Mr. Dilawar Hussain and Mr. Shamim Chowdhury.
We also thank DHROOPAD, Bangladesh America Band Alliance (BABA) and Mrs. Bulbul Akhter for their support and good wishes. We urge the community members to mark your calendars for 11 September 2010 and 18 September 2010 to attend BABA's and DHROOPAD's cultural events respectively.
Last but not least, thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all the performers and volunteers of this program. Without you, this would not have been possible. Each one of you contributed to make this a mega success and EKTARA will forever be grateful to you! Thank you so much!
Best regards,
Sheikh Mawla Milon, Event Director, BIOSCOPE
Arifur R. Swapan, Secretary, BIOSCOPE
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