Rubana Huq set to be first female president of BGMEA

Mohammadi Group Managing Director Rubana Huq is going to be the first female president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) for the next two years as her panel swept the election on Saturday bagging all the posts.

Rubana, also wife of former Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huq, bagged 966 votes in the election.

The elections were held on Saturday to elect the new leadership of the trade body at BGMEA Bhaban in the capital and its Chattogram office.

Voting started at 8:00am and continued uninterrupted till 4:00pm as per sources, 1492 votes have been cast. Of them, 1204 are in Dhaka and 288 in Chattogram.

The total number of voters was 1955. Of them, 1,597 were from Dhaka and 358 from Chattogram.

For Dhaka zone, Swadhinata Parishad panel is vying for 18 posts, while Sammilita Parishad and Forum is vying for 26 posts.

Zahangir Alam, managing director of Design and Source Limited, is leading the Swadhinata Parishad panel.

Rubana Huq, widow of former DNCC mayor Anisul Huq and managing director of Mohammadi Group, led Sammilita Parishad and Forum jointly.

BGMEA board of directors consists of 35 directors. Nine of them were elected unopposed from Chattogram zone.