No voting needed as FBCCI director candidates are unopposed

The entire board of directors of Bangladesh’s apex trade body FBCCI is going to be elected unopposed as there are single candidates for all the posts.

No voting will be needed in the election slated for Apr 27 to the FBCCI executives’ body for the 2019-2021 term.

The deadline for nomination paper submission in the election to the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry or FBCCI ended on Monday.

As many as 21 candidates for the directors’ posts submitted their nominations from the Chamber Group and as many from the Association Group, an FBCCI official told bdnews24.com.

Besides the 42, the 72-strong board will be formed with 30 other nominated candidates– 15 from as many associations, including BGMEA, BTMEA and BKMEA, and the 15 others from chambers of commerce and industry like DCCI, MCCI, and CCCI.

“Necessary verification is under way now. The final list of directors will be published on Apr 4 after the end of the process. The president will be elected then,” the official said.

Incumbent Senior Vice-President Sheikh Fazle Fahim is going to be elected president of FBCCI this time.

The managing director of Obsidian Bangladesh Limited, Fazle Fahim heads the Gopalganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He announced the list of candidates of his panel on Sunday. He will replace Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, who was elected from the Association Group in the last election in 2017.

The president and vice-president will be elected from the Chamber Group while the post of senior vice-chairman will go to the Association Group this time in line with the organisation’s charter.

Those going to elected FBCCI directors unopposed are: 

Chamber Group: Sheikh Fazle Fahim, Hasina Newaz, Masudur Rahman Milon, Azizul Hoque, Dilip Kumar Agarwala, Masud Parvez Khan Imran, Mohammad Anwar Sadat Sarker, Md Rezaul Karim Reznu, Gazi Golam Ashria, Tabarukul Tosaddek Hossain Khan Tito, Md Kohinoor Islam, Prabir Kumar Saha, Mohd Ataur Rahman Bhuiyan, Mohammad Bazlur Rahman, Mohammed Riyadh Ali, Md Hasanuzzaman, Humayun Rashid Khan Pathan, AH Ahmed Jamal, Sharita Millat, Sujib Ranjan Dash, and AKM Shaheed Reza.

Association Group: Muntakim Ashraf, Khandaker Ruhul Amin, Abu Motaleb, Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Md Shafiqul Islam Vorosha, Shomi Kaiser, Rashadul Hossain Chowdhury Ronni, Md Habib Ullah Dawn, Shafquat Haider, Helena Jahangir, Amzad Hussain, Nizamuddin Rajesh, SM Jahangir Hossain, Md Abul Ayes Khan, Abu Naser, Khondokar Moinur Rahman Jewel, Hafez Harun-Or-Rashid, Abdul Haque, Mehdi Ali, Md Munir Hossain, and Kazi Shoyeb Rashid.