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Rashid re-elected IBFB president

Humayun Rashid has been re-elected as president of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) for the second consecutive term.

MS Siddiqui and Lutfunnisa Saudia Khan were re-elected as vice- president and vice-president (finance) respectively in the annual general meeting at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka on Tuesday, a press release said. 

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Md Aminul Islam, Mohammad Raisul Uddin Saikat, SK Md Waliul Islam, Iqbalur Rahman, Mohammad Ali Deen, and Syed Mustafizur Rahman were also elected directors for the first time.

Peter D Haas, US ambassador to Bangladesh, and Charles Whiteley, European Union ambassador to Bangladesh, attended the programme.

Participants of the meeting emphasised developing a favourable business environment to attract global investors and facilitate employment creation.

They also called for bringing necessary changes among policymakers and replication of the successful model adopted by the garments sector to implement them towards making other export-oriented sectors more competitive.