Dr. Abdul Hai Elected in Int’l Committee of the Bonn City Council

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Bonn: Former DW journalist and social democratic politician Dr. Abdul Hai got elected as Expert Member in the Science, Europe and International Committee of the Bonn City Council. In the special session of the City Council of Bonn on Thursday councillors elected competent citizens from different sectors for 16 committee to ensure the equal representation of the public opinion and public interest in the policy making process. The 21-member committee for Science, Europe and International Affairs included Elke Apelt and Dr Abdul Hai from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Seven members are elected from CDU, 5 members from Green Party, 2 members from the Left and AFD, BBB, FDP, Volt and BSW/SBI each has got one seat in this committee. This committee will represent the city dwellers in the council for the science, Europe and international issues till the end of the council in 2030.

Former journalist of Deutsche Welle (DW) and Editor of print magazine Schimanto (Grenze) Dr. Abdul Hai expressed gratitude to the party members and the city councillors for electing him for this important committee, which is key to the European and international partnership and cooperation in the scientific and technological development and growth in this UN city. Notably, Dr. Abdul Hai has been living and engaged in several socio-cultural and civic activities in Bonn since 2009 and actively working with SPD since 2020. He has worked in DW, Bangladesh Television (BTV), Bangladesh News Agency (BSS), the Daily Star and the New Nation for about one decade. With two other colleagues he won the Hostwriter Media Award from Berlin in 2016. Dr. Hai has worked with One World Network NRW for five years since 2017. He has been honored with Panos Fellowship and Panos South Asia Award in 2007 for his series of in-depth reports on poverty alleviation and poverty reduction strategies in Bangladesh. In the development field, he has worked with Life Learning Development e.V., Afridat Innovation UG, BASUG Diaspora and Development, CCD Bangladesh, PANOS and Bangladesh NGOs‘ Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) with significant responsibilities.