16-member committee formed to assist FBCCI administrator
DHAKA, Aug 4, 2026 (BSS) - The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI)
has formed a 16-member support committee to assist its newly appointed administrator in managing the
operational activities of the country's apex trade body.
The committee was constituted under the Trade Organisations Act, 2022. The decision was notified to
the Ministry of Commerce today through an office circular issued by FBCCI Administrator Md Fazlul
Hoque.
The office circular said the committee had been formed to assist the administrator in discharging
his responsibilities and overseeing the operations of the trade body.
The move follows the appointment of prominent business leader and former BKMEA president Md Fazlul
Hoque as the administrator of the FBCCI.
Hoque, managing director of Plummy Fashions Ltd and a board member of ICC Bangladesh, formally
assumed office at the FBCCI headquarters in Motijheel on Sunday.
The support committee comprises seven representatives from the Chamber Group and nine from the
Association Group.
The Chamber Group members are Taskeen Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(DCCI); Mohammad Amirul Haque, president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI);
Md Hasen Ali, president of the Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Md Ebaydul Haque Chand,
president of the Barishal Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Kamran T. Rahman, president of the
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI); Emdadul Hossain, president of the Rangpur
Chamber of Commerce and Industry; and Sangita Ahmed, president of the Women Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
The Association Group members are Mahmud Hasan Khan, president of the Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA); Showkat Aziz Russell, president of the Bangladesh
Textile Mills Association (BTMA); Md Abdul Hossain, president of the Bangladesh Jute Mills
Association (BJMA); Abdul Muqtadir, president of the Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical
Industries (BAPI); Abdul Hai Sarker, president of the Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB);
Mohammad Hatem, president of the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association
(BKMEA); Shamim Ahmed, president of the Bangladesh Plastic Goods Manufacturers and Exporters
Association (BPGMEA); Ali Afzal, president of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh
(REHAB); and Syed Nasim Manzur, president of the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters
Association of Bangladesh.
