Bangladesh: Md Alamgir Kabir, vice chair of Crown Cement, has been re-elected as president of the Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association (BCMA) for a two-year period until September 2025. Imran Karim, vice chair of Confidence Cement, and Abdul Khaleque Pervez, managing director of Diamond Cement, have also been re-elected as the first and second vice-presidents of the BCMA respectively. All three were re-appointed at the BCMA’s annual general meeting in Dhaka, held on 26 September 2023.
Speaking upon his reappointment as BCMA president, Kabir expressed his heartfelt thanks to all BCMA members for re-electing him as the president of BCMA. He said that the cement industry of Bangladesh was in a ‘deep crisis’ and that it must work with policy makers in order to flourish, as well as respond more effectively to the needs of consumers.