Mymensingh City Corporation Mayor Ekramul Haque and two of his family members are going to acquire Bangladesh Welding Electrodes Ltd, which is listed on the country's stock market and has been out of production for years. Ekramul, his brother Aminul Islam, and Aminul's son Samiul Haque Shafa will buy the company's sponsor-directors' entire holdings for Tk23.40 crore.