Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Faruque Hassan said Bangladesh and South Korea have great potential to derive more mutual trade benefits through collaboration, especially in the area of apparel and textile industry. “There are huge opportunities…
Faruque Hassan elected new BGMEA president
Sun Online Desk
5th April, 2021 10:09:58
Faruque Hassan has become the new president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) for the term 2021-2023.
Hassan led Sammilita Parishad won the biennial election securing 24 posts of directors while the other panel, Forum Panel, led by ABM Shamsuddin won 11 posts.
The election was held peacefully on Sunday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm at Hotel Radisson Blu in Dhaka and from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at regional office of BGMEA in Chattogram.
The BGMEA polls witnessed a voters’ turnout of 86 percent. Out of the 1853 voters in Dhaka region, some 1604 BGMEA members cast their votes while out of the 461 voters in Chattogram region, some 392 voters cast their votes in Chattogram region.