Consumers Association re-elects top brass

Ghulam Rahman, former chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), and Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan have been re-elected as president and general secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh (Cab).

M Shamsul Alam, energy adviser of the Cab, has been elected as senior vice-president, while SM Nazer Hossain, executive director of ISDE Bangladesh, as vice president; and Md Shahnewaz Chowdhury as joint secretary, the association said in a press release.

Md Munjur-e-Khoda Tarafdar, acting vice-chancellor of Fareast International University, and Syed Mizanur Rahman Raju, professor of Daffodil International University, have been elected as treasurer and organising secretary respectively.

Muhammad Sajedul Islam, a lecturer of Daffodil International University, has been elected as publicity secretary, while SMG Saqlain Russell, associate professor of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute, Munira Alam and Ijazur Rahman have been elected as members.

The members of the Cab elected their new executive committee for the next two years in an election held online yesterday. Harun-ur-Rashid was the chief election commissioner and Mushtaq Ahmed Bhuiyan and Main Uddin Ahmed were election commissioners in the poll.

The annual general meeting of the Cab was also held on the same day with its president Ghulam Rahman in the chair, according to the press release.

"The newly elected executive committee will be more active in the future in safeguarding the interests of 18 crore consumers in the country and will continue to work to meet their expectations," Ghulam Rahman said while addressing the new committee.