FBCCI gets new president

Jasim Uddin, vice chairman of Bengal Group, was elected as the new president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) for 2021-23.

He was elected uncontested as he was the sole candidate in the election’s president position.

This time, the president has been picked from the association group and senior vice-president from the chamber group.

Some 78 directors were elected unopposed for the 2021-23 term, who then elected Jasim as the president, alongside a vice-president and six other vice-presidents.

Prof Ali Ashraf, MP, chairman of the FBCCI election management board, came up with the information announcing the election results at the Federation’s building in the capital’s Motijheel on Sunday (May 9).

According to the announcement, Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu from Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry was the new FBCCI senior vice president.

Vice presidents elected from the Association group were MA Momen of Bangladesh Kali Prostutkarok Malik Samity; Md Amin Helaly from Bangladesh Pathya Pustok Mudrak-O-Biponon Samity and Md Habib Ullah Dawn from Bangladesh Leather Goods Manufacturing Association.

The new vice-presidents from the Chamber group are Md Aminul Hoque Shamim of Mymensingh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Salahuddin Alamgir of Pirojpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry and MA Razzak Khan from Meherpur Chamber of Commerce.