Lutfunnisa Saudia Khan, chairman of Bangla Phone Limited, has been elected the president of the International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) today.

Saudia Khan is also the chairman of Commlink Info Tech Limited and Newton Engineering Limited, said a press release.

Syed Mustafizur Rahman, managing director of Novo Cargo Services Ltd, and Utpal Kumar Das, chairman and managing director of Powertrac Group, have also been made the vice-president and vice-president (finance) respectively of the forum.

Maj Gen (retd) Mohammad Shamim Chowdhury, director of Therap (BD) Limited, MA Hashem, chairman of Sajeeb Group, Mohammad Ershad Hussain Rana, chairman and CEO of the Dawn Group of Companies, and Md Fakhruddin, managing director of the United Investment & Trading Corporation Ltd, were elected as directors of the forum.

Md Jahangir Kabir (Shimul), proprietor of Impress Computerised Labels, Md Sakhawat Hossain, chairman and CEO of SSTrading and TS Dredging and founder director of Western Marine Group, and Md Shafiqul Alam, chairman of Bizz Solutions PLC, are also in the forum.