Biman board reconstituted; Enamul Bari new chairman

The board of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has been reconstituted with former Air Force chief Air Marshal (retd) Muhammad Enamul Bari as its new chairman for the year 2016. The 13-member Biman board has been reconstituted in light of the Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007, the Company Act, 1994 and Article of Association of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, said an official at the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry on Tuesday. Bari replaced former Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Jamal Uddin Ahmed who was appointed in 2009. Senior Secretary, Finance Division, Secretary, Minister’s Office (PMO), Secretary, Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations and Training), Engineer in Chief, Bangladesh Army, former secretary M Nazrul Islam Khan (on PRL), former additional secretary (on PRL) Tapos Kumar Roy, BGMEA President M Siddiqur Rahman, Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer barrister Tanjib-ul Alam, Managing Director, Emerging Resources Limited Noor-E-Khoda Abdul Mobin FCA, Managing Director and CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines have been made members of the new board. The board has been recast for the overall development of Biman and to bring pace in operational activities. “The new board will bring in a new bright dawn for Biman,” Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon was quoted, in a media release, as saying. He said Biman will be established as symbol of goodwill and dignity in the world and Biman will be ‘Meghdoot’ of Bangladesh. — Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB)