Top business leaders hold talks with Tarique
Staff Reporter :
Prominent leaders from Bangladesh’s business and industrial sectors paid a courtesy call to BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman at the party chairperson’s office in Gulshan on Sunday evening.
The meeting, which began around 7:00 pm, was attended by heads of leading business chambers, trade associations and major corporate groups, reflecting increasing interaction between the business community and mainstream political leadership.
Participants included former FBCCI president Mir Nasir Hossain, BCI President Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury, BKMA President Mohammad Hatem, former BTMA president Matin Chowdhury, MCCI President Kamran T Rahman, BSMA President Mainul Islam Swapan, and Bankers Association of Bangladesh President Abdul Hai Sarkar.
Senior corporate figures present were Simin Rahman, Executive Member of ICC Bangladesh and CEO of Transcom Group; Matiur Rahman, Chairman of Uttara Motors Corporation; Amirul Haque, Managing Director of Sicom Group; Tapan Chowdhury, Managing Director of Square Group; Mostafa Kamal, Chairman and Managing Director of Meghna Group of Industries; Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Chairman and CEO of PRAN-RFL Group; and Ali Hussain Akbar Ali, Chairman of BSRM.
Leaders of major sector-based organisations also attended, including BGMEA President Mahmud Hasan Khan, BTMA President Shaukat Aziz Russell, DCCI President Taskin Ahmed, BAPI President Abdul Muktadir, Bangladesh Employers Federation President Fazle Shamim Ehsan, and UCBL Chairman Sharif Zahir.
BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury was also present at the meeting.
While the specifics of the discussions were not made public, sources indicated that the talks centred on the overall business environment, industrial expansion, and the challenges confronting the private sector amid ongoing economic uncertainty.
Observers view the meeting as an important indication of constructive engagement between leading business figures and the BNP leadership at a time when economic concerns dominate national discourse.