Historic Pagla Mosque : Weighing of gold, silver, foreign currency found in donation box begins again after 6 years
Salek Hossain Rony, Kishoreganj
After a long six years, the process of determining and counting the weight of gold, silver, and foreign currency found in the donation box of the historic Pagla Mosque in Kishoreganj is underway again.
The program began at 9:45 am on Monday in the Conference Room of the Deputy Commissioner.
Present at the event were Deputy Commissioner Sohana Nasrin, District Council Administrator Khaled Saifullah Sohel, District Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Prof Md. Ramzan Ali, Local Government Department Deputy Director Zebun Nahar Shammi, Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Md. Ishtiaq Emon, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Education and ICT) Jasmine Akhter, Additional District Magistrate Md. Ershadul Ahmed and officials from various levels of the district administration.
Ten members of the District Jewelry Association are working to determine and measure the weight of gold and silver.
Deputy Commissioner Sohana Nasrin said, nine medium-sized plastic containers and six sealed envelopes stored in the treasury are being opened and these valuables are being counted and measured. The weight and carat of the gold and silver received will be verified and sold at auction later. And the foreign currency will be cashed according to the updated exchange rate of Bangladesh Bank.
She further said that the program is being conducted under the supervision of a nine-member subcommittee headed by the Additional District Magistrate. Three executive magistrates of the district administration, police, Ansar, bank officials and goldsmiths are assisting in this.
Earlier, on March 11, 2020, the amount of gold sold at the auction was 415 bhori 1 anna and the amount of silver was 164 bhori. A total of 1 crore 15 lakh 4 thousand 100 taka was received by selling this gold and silver. In addition, 1 lakh 27 thousand 651 taka was received by cashing in foreign currency.
Now , a total of 131 crore 41 lakh 44 thousand 810 taka is deposited in the mosque's fund. In addition, 39 lakh 32 thousand 106 taka donations have been received through online mobile banking since the mosque launched its own website.
