Third panel announced for FBCCI election
The third panel has been announced for the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry's biennial election scheduled for May 23.
The panel, under the banner of Baboshayee Oikya Parishad, will be led by Syed Moazzam Hossain, Kazi Ertaza Hassan and Shafquat Haider.
Syed Moazzam Hossain of Bangladesh Indenting Agents Association declared the names of 16 candidates at a press briefing at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka yesterday.
The candidates will vie for 16 posts of directors of the apex trade body under the association group.
However, the nominations of three candidates -- Taher Ahmed Siddiq of Bangladesh Egg Producers Association, Mahmuda Mustakima Rubi of Bangladesh Beauty Parlour Owners Association and Md Jamiul Ahmed of Tourism Developers Association of Bangladesh -- have been rejected by FBCCI's election commission due to nonconformity with rules.
Kazi Ertaza Hassan of Bangladesh Concrete Product and Block Manufacturers Association said, if elected, they would take necessary steps to overcome the barriers faced by small and medium enterprises, help simplify tax and VAT rules, and establish a research and development cell.
A total of 37 contenders will vie for 16 posts for directors of FBCCI from the association group. In addition, 40 will compete for another 16 director posts from the chamber group.
The elected directors, in addition to the 20 nominated directors from 20 leading chambers and associations, will select a president, first vice-president and vice-president on May 25.
Led by the elected president, the 52-member executive committee will run FBCCI for the next two years.
Earlier on Thursday, Nitol Niloy Group Chairman Abdul Matlub Ahmad announced a panel, under the banner of Unnayan Parishad, from both chamber and association groups.
Ahmad, who has been nominated from the Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a director of FBCCI, will vie for the post of president of the apex trade body.
On Saturday, Monowara Hakim Ali, the incumbent first vice-president of the FBCCI, announced her panel from the chamber group.