BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman held a meeting with leading business leaders and entrepreneurs this evening. The party’s media cell member, Shayrul Kabir Khan, said the meeting began at 7:00 pm at the BNP chairperson’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan.
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury was also present at the meeting.
Those attending the meeting include Mahbubur Rahman, president of International Chamber of Commerce; Simeen Rahman, group CEO of Transcom; Anwar ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez, president of BCI; AK Azad, managing director of Ha-Meem Group; Tapan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Pharmaceuticals; Mir Nasir Hossain, former president of FBCCI; Matiur Rahman, chairman and managing director of Uttara Group of Companies; Ali Akbar, chairman of Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Limited (BSRM); Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, chairman of Pran RFL Group; Taskeen Ahmed, president of DCCI; Mohammad Jahangir Alam, president of Bangladesh Steel Manufacturers Association (BSMA); and Mohammad Hatem, president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA).
Other attendees are Mostafa Kamal, chairman and managing director of Meghna Group of Industries; Kamran T. Rahman, president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI); Kutubuddin Ahmed, former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA); Fazlul Hoque, former president of BKMEA; Nihad Kabir, former president of MCCI; Mahmud Hasan Khan, president of BGMEA; and Shawkat Aziz, president of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA).
Besides, Azizul Kayser of Partex Group, Hossain Khaled, former president of DCCI; Md Shahriar, president of Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies; Moynul Islam, president of Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers & Exporters Association; Abdul Muktadir, president of Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI); Abdul Hai Sarkar, president of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB); Amirul Haque, managing director of Seacom Group, Preeti Chakraborty; senior vice president of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI); Fazle Shamim Ehsan, president of Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF); and Sharif Zahir, chairman of United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL), are present at the meeting.