Realizing the paucity of ophthalmic services in the country and the necessity of more and urgent efforts in this sector, a group of an ophthalmologist and social workers of Chittagong joined together and formed a voluntary organization named ‘Bangladesh National Society for the Blind (BNSB)’ Chittagong – a community based non-government organization with the triple objectives of prevention, cure, and rehabilitation of the blind & visually handicapped with an initial modest fund equivalent to US$ 100. Prof. Rabiul Husain was the founder Honorary General Secretary of the society.

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