Sylhet Bureau :
The Sylhet Business Forum has taken out a joyous rally in the city after the High Court dismissed the Ministry of Commerce’s stay order on the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry election (2025-2027).
Ordinary category director candidates of Sylhet Business Forum Kamrul Hamid, Shamsur Rahman Kamal and Associate category director candidate Md. Ibrahim Khalil filed a writ petition in the Dhaka High Court against this stay order on October 25. As a result, the Honorable High Court Division dismissed the stay order of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry election on October 29. On this occasion, a joyous rally was taken out in the city with businessmen from all walks of life at the initiative of the Sylhet Business Forum.
On Wednesday (October 29), a joyous rally started from the city’s Barutkhana Point and after parading the main roads of the city, the speakers at the meeting organized at the Central Shaheed Minar, considering the interests of the businessmen of Sylhet, sought the full cooperation of the Sylhet Deputy Commissioner in organizing the Sylhet Chamber elections on the previously announced date of November 1, 2025, saying that there is no logical reason to postpone the elections. If the elections are not organized on the scheduled date, unrest will arise among the businessmen and the business environment may be affected.
The leaders also said that the business community wants a fair, impartial and participatory election. Therefore, they call on the administration to complete the elections on time as per the previous announcement and maintain business stability and confidence. The speakers expressed hope that the Election Commission will complete the voting process in a transparent manner and the business community of Sylhet will get the opportunity to choose their leadership in a peaceful environment.
The meeting was addressed and attended by Sylhet Business Forum Advisor Khandaker Sipar Ahmed, Sylhet Chamber Election Forum nominated President candidate Ehteshamul Haque Chowdhury, Vice President candidate Nafis Zubair Chowdhury, Ordinary Class Director candidate Abdur Rahman Ripon, Motahar Hossain, Abdul Hadi Pabel, Syed Zahid Uddin, Imran Hossain, Md. Abul Kalam, Khandaker Kawsar Ahmed Robi, Md. Mazaharul Haque, Md. Nahidur Rahman, Associate Class Director candidate Md. Mamunur Rashid, Mohammad Raihan Uddin, Businessman Niaz Md. Azizul Karim, etc. In addition, the presidents and general secretaries of various markets in the city and responsible leaders were present.
The speakers at the meeting congratulated the businessmen of Sylhet from all walks of life for attending the joy rally and sought everyone’s cooperation in making the previously announced Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry elections fair and beautiful.
It is worth noting that in the wake of the writ petition filed in the High Court on Wednesday (October 29), the court ordered that there is no obstacle in the election ceremony of the Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the 2025-2027 term. In view of this,
the Sylhet Chamber elections will be held on November 1.
According to High Court sources, Kamrul Hamid and others filed a writ petition (No. 17623/2025) under Article 102 of the Constitution against the order to postpone the elections. The writ was filed by their lawyer Advocate Md. Ismail Hossain. The writ was raised in the High Court court on October 28.
Earlier, when the elections were postponed on the orders of the Ministry of Commerce, the Combined Business Council held a procession and submitted a memorandum to the Sylhet District Commissioner’s office on Monday (October 27) demanding the withdrawal of the suspension order.
The leaders had then said that there was a possibility of holding the elections if the complaint made to the Ministry of Commerce was withdrawn. Later, the way to hold the elections was paved by the court’s order. Incidentally, the Commerce Organization-1 branch of the Ministry of Commerce ordered the postponement of the elections in a letter on October 26. It was said that a new date would be set after rescheduling, citing the issue of list verification.
