Freight forwarders assoc's adhoc committee
A 7-member ad-hoc committee of the proposed single trade association for freight forwarders, Bangladesh Freight Forwarders Association (BFFA), has recently been constituted with Helaluddin Akbar as its president, says a press release.The body was formed at a meeting of representatives from the Association of Cargo Agents of Bangladesh (ACAB) and International Freight Forwarders Association of Bangladesh (IFFAB) under the help and supervision of the Task Force (B) on Chittagong Port Affairs. The new committee will initiate the process of merger of ACAB and IFFAB and take necessary action to form the BFFA. It will also prepare a draft of the Freight Forwarders Licensing Rules in consultation with the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Customs and the Task Force (B) on Chittagong Port Affairs for submission to the NBR for notification as SRO. The new body's president has been nominated from ACAB, while two vice presidents, Badrul Haque Chowdhury and Mohammed Faiz Khan are from IFFAB and ACAB. Chowdhury is vice president for Chittagong region and Khan is vice president for Dhaka. The other members of the body are Md Nasir Uddin Mahmud of ACAB (assistant general secretary, Dhaka), Akter Kamal Chowdhury of IFFAB (assistant general secretary, Chittagong), Sultan Ahmed of ACAB (joint treasurer, Dhaka) and Mostak Ahmed Talukder of IFFAB (joint treasurer, Chittagong). ACAB President Captain Saifur Rahman and IFFAB President Rafi Omar will be coordinating the ad-hoc committee as advisers.
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