The Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh, or REHAB, has faced internal disagreement and stagnation over a Tk 20 million donation to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund. A section of the board alleged that proper board procedures were not followed in making the donation and other administrative and policy decisions. The current leadership said all major decisions, including the donation, were approved by the board and described the allegations as motivated.

Ten elected directors filed complaints against the current leaders with the Ministry of Commerce. After hearing both sides on July 30, the ministry postponed REHAB’s August 1 annual general meeting for further observation, contributing to the organisational deadlock. Separately, 16 elected directors wrote to the ministry supporting the leadership.

The supporting directors said the second board meeting had taken a policy decision to donate, though it did not set an amount. They said a sudden appointment with the Prime Minister left no opportunity to call another board meeting, and vice presidents discussed the amount before the Tk 20 million cheque was issued. President Dr Ali Afzal called for differences to be resolved through discussion.