Tarique Rahman holds meeting with top businespersons, entrepreneurs

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday held a meeting with some of the country’s top business leaders and industrial entrepreneurs to discuss issues of mutual interest, party sources said.

The meeting began at 7:00 pm on January 4 at the BNP chairperson’s political office in Gulshan, Dhaka.

Among those present were International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, BSRM Chairman Ali Hossain Akbar Ali, former FBCCI presidents Mir Nasir Hossain and A K Azad, Square Group Managing Director Tapan Chowdhury, and former BTMA president Matin Chowdhury.

Also attending were Bangladesh Chamber of Industries President Anwar Ul Alam Chowdhury Parvez, Meghna Group of Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mostafa Kamal, Uttara Motor Corporation Limited Chairman Matiur Rahman, and Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Kamran T Rahman.

The meeting was further attended by former BGMEA president Kutubuddin Ahmed, former BKMEA president Fazlul Haque, former MCCI president Nihad Kabir, BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan, BTMA President Showkat Aziz, BKMEA President Mohammad Hatem, Steel Mill Owners Association President Jahangir Alam, ICC Bangladesh executive member and Transcom Group CEO Simeen Rahman, and Pran Group Chairman and CEO Ahsan Khan Chowdhury.

Party officials said the meeting focused on exchanging views with leading figures from the business and industrial sectors amid the evolving political and economic situation in the country.