Rubana Huq, the wife of former Dhaka North mayor Annisul Huq, is set to become the first female president of the country’s readymade garment entrepreneurs’ lobbying group, BGMEA.
Published : 02 Mar 2019, 11:24 PM
The BGMEA elections will be held on Apr 6. Ahead of the election, the two councils of the BGMEA, the Sammilita Parishad and Forum reached a compromise and nominated Rubana as the head of its panel.
The move all but ensures that Rubana will lead the BGMEA for the next two years.
“As in the past, we have submitted this panel after reaching a compromise. Rubana Huq is the leader of the panel,” Forum leader and former BGMEA president Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez told bdnews24.com.
“A vote won’t be necessary provided that no other person or panel comes forward to contest the election. In that case, it can be said with certainty that Rubana Huq will become the president of BGMEA.”