Bangladesh association Glasgow (BAG) was established in 1971 during the war of independence of Bangladesh. For decades, Bangladeshis in Glasgow have been participating in activities involving not only the Bangla speaking community but the greater Scottish community.
There are various different organisations amongst Bangladeshis in Glasgow working together to represent both Bangladeshi and Scottish culture. Dawatul Islam is a religious organisation providing the Islamic religious activities in Glasgow. Bangla Centre is a Bengali school teaching Bangla language to children and celebrates Ekushey February – International Mother Language Day every year. Bangla Biddya Niketon is another Bangla language school in South Glasgow. Unmesh is a Glasgow based cultural & literary group. The objectives of BAG is to bring these organisations into a common platform to improve social cohesion and to bridge with mainstream Scottish society.
President
Dr .Khan has always been involved with various charities, namely the Ashoka foundation USA, Disabled Research and Rehabilitation Association (DRRA) and presently helps to raise funds for CRP, Bangladesh.
Vice President
Mridula is presently employed in Glasgow City Council Admin and Training Team. Mridula is a University Graduate in Social Science and done her diploma in Music and Fine Arts.
General Secretary
Nasir Uddin is a professional engineer with career expanding in the Design and Management of many Infrastructure Projects in the UK and overseas.
Asst. General Secretary
Working as a nursery practitioner in city of Edinburgh council in Edinburgh. Enjoys singing, acting, learning other language.
Treasurer
Ehtesham is currently working in a senior finance planning & analysis role in Shell Oil UK.
Finance secretary
A Chartered Accountant working in the Insolvency industry. Group Financial Controller Creditfix Limited.
Social Welfare Secretary
Captain Masudur Rahman is currently working as Lecturer at the City of Glasgow College. He was a ship captain till 2009 before switching to teaching career ashore.
Cultural secretary
A Dhaka University Business faculty alumni, is an ex-student of 'chayanot' -a leading music school in Bangladesh. Beside working for UNICEF.
IT secretary
Experienced Senior Associate with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services working in JP Morgan Chase & Company.
Sports Secretary
University of Glasgow MSc graduate with over 10 years’ experience within philanthropic, and community development projects (Bangladesh Association Glasgow, Bengali Performing Arts, Valerie Taylor Trust, Prostate Cancer UK)
Youth representative
A student of S2 in Uddingston Grammar School. Involved in various cultural activities since she has been a wee girl- both in her primary school and also as a student of Bangla Bidya Niketon.
Youth representative
A secondary school student of Bearsden Academy. A drama artist. A Rugby player. Voluntary work for NHS
OUR MISSION:
liaise and co-operate with other community organizations to build a multi-cultural and multi faith society of equal opportunity
The ScotsmanMEMORi
Dr Saif Khan from BAG, of Glasgow’s small Bangladeshi community, talks movingly about the role Simon Sharkey and the NTS have played in enabling the community to reach out to the rest of the city and the world with their powerful first-ever show MEMORi, based on vivid personal memories of Bangladesh’s traumatic war of independence 40 years ago – memories carried in silence, until now, by three distinguished members of the community.
