FBCCI forms election board for its polls

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has formed a panel to oversee the election of its board of directors for the tenure of 2023-24.

The apex trade body appointed A Matin Chowdhury, managing director of Malek Spinning Mills Ltd, as the chairman of the election board.

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Shamsul Alam, a former director of the FBCCI, and Monjurul Hoque, a businessman, have been picked as the members of the election board at a meeting of the board of directors of the federation in Dhaka on February 2.

The tenure of the current committee will come to an end on May 19 and the new committee will take responsibility from May 20, said Md Amin Helaly, vice-president of the FBCCI, over the phone yesterday.

Usually, the election board is empowered to complete formalities within 105 days before the end of the tenure of a committee, Helaly said.

Chowdhury, however, said he did not receive any formal letter from the FBCCI to act as the chairman of the election board yet.

Helaly said the FBCCI would soon send letters to the chairman and the members of the election board.

The total number of posts of directors at the FBCCI is 80. Of them, 46 are elected, with 23 each coming from the chamber group and the association group.

Another 34 directors are nominated: 17 come from the chamber group and 17 from the association group.

The elected directors and nominated directors from trade bodies and chambers will elect the president and vice presidents for the next two years.