The Pagla Mosque authorities have collected, the amount of gold 1044 bhari, silver 1088 bhari and huge foreign currencies in donation boxes, after six years on Monday.
This information was received from the District Administration on Monday evening.
Meanwhile, the process of counting foreign currency is still ongoing. Rupali Bank limited, Kishorganj main branch, Assistant General Manager (AGM) Mohammad Haresi said that the foreign currency counting may end at 8.30 pm.
Pagla Mosque managing committee President and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kishoreganj, Sohana Nasreen said that nine medium-sized plastic containers and six sealed envelopes stored in the treasury were opened and these valuable items were counted and measured.
The weight and carat of the gold and silver received will be verified and sold at auction at a later date.
And foreign currency will be cashed according to the updated exchange rate of Bangladesh Bank.
DC Sohana Nasreen also said that, this activity was conducted under the supervision of a nine-member subcommittee headed by the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Ershadul Ahamed.
Three executive magistrates of the district administration, police, Ansar, bank officials and goldsmiths assisted 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.
The donation box of Pagla Mosque was last opened on June 27 this year. Currently, a total of 131 crore 85 lakh 44 thousand 810 taka is deposited in the mosque’s fund.
In addition, 39 lakh 32 thousand 106 taka donations were received through online mobile banking since the mosque launched its own website.
The programme began at local Callectorate Conference room on Monday morning in present of Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Shohana Nasreen.
ADM Ershadul Ahamed, Zila Parishad Administrator Khaled Saifullah Sohel, ADC(General) Istique Imon, ADC(Education &ICT) Jesmin Akhter, Additional SP (Crime) Mukit Sarkar and Kishoreganj Municipality Administrator and Deputy Secretary of Local Government Jebunnaher Shammi.
At least ten members of the District Jewelry Association employees to determine and measure the weight of gold and silver.