AKM Salim Osman has been reelected (unopposed) president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) for the tenure of 2023-25.
With this, he has been elected president of BKMEA's board of directors for the seventh consecutive time.
Mohammad Hatem has been elected executive president, Mansur Ahmed sr. vice president for the same period.
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Besides, the elected vice presidents are Fazle Shamim Ehsan, Amal Poddar, Gaohar Siraj Jamil, Morshed Sarwar Sohel (finance), Akhtar Hossain Apurva and Mohammad Rashed, said a press release.
Earlier on July 20, the last day for submitting nomination papers for the 25 directorship posts, the same number of candidates submitted their nomination papers under the leadership of Salim Osman.
As an equal number of nominations were received against the prescribed posts, no election was required under Section 17 of the Trade Organizations Act-1994.
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As a result, AKM Salim Osman, Managing Director of Wisdom Attires Ltd, was elected president for the 7th consecutive term on July 25. At the same time, the election board also announced the names of 24 other directors for the board of BKMEA.
Former Senior Vice President of FBCCI Mohammad Ali served as the Chairman of the Election Board. Narayanganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Khaled Haider Khan Kajal and former director of FBCCI Prabir Kumar Saha are members of the board.