Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir), Managing Director of Al Haramain Group of Companies, was in the UK to meet with the UKBCCI on 31st January. Present at the meeting, which took place at the UKBCCI offices, were the organisation’s President Bajloor Rashid MBE, along with its Director of Financial Affairs, Nazmul Islam Nuru, as well as directors Oli Khan, Harun Miah and Abdul Quayum Khalique (Jamal).
UKBCCI Director and award winning Managing Director of Neela’s Homes Ltd, Neela Farzana Hossain, has been awarded the Fellowship of The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). “I’m very happy and proud to have received this honour,” said an elated Hossain. ” It offers me great encouragement and to do more, not just for our community, but also for society as a whole.” The RSA is a London-based, British organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. Its founding charter has been to ‘embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufacturers and extend our commerce.’
A courtesy meeting took place between the UKBCCI Directors and Dr A K Abdul Momen, former Bangladesh Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Individuals included Iqbal Ahmed OBE, UKBCCI Chairman, Bajloor Rashid MBE, UKBCCI President, Azad Ali, UKBCCI Director of International Trade Affairs and M A Gani, Director.
Chairman of UKBCCI Iqbal Ahmed OBE, receiving the National Export Trophy Award from Rt Hon Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on 1st January 2017.
The UKBCCI met with a delegation from the Bangladesh Tourism Board on 9th September to discuss the potential of promoting Bangladesh as a travel and tourism destination for visitors from the UK.
Present from the UKBCCI were President Bajloor Rashid MBE along with directors including Jamal Uddin Mokoddus, Nazmul Islam Nuru, Anawar Babul Miah, Oli Khan, Saiful Alam, Farzana Hossain Neela, Jamal Khalique and Harun Miah. The tourism delegation was headed by Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, MP, Member, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Civil Aviation and Tourism along with S. M. Ghulam Farooque, Secretary, Minister of Civil Aviation and also Bhubon Chandra Biswas, Director (Joint Secretary), Bangladesh Tourism Board as well other representatives. Present from the Bangladesh High Commission was Sharifa Khan, Commercial Councillor.
