The biennial election of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) is scheduled to be held tomorrow (Saturday).
A total of 62 candidates are contesting for the 25 member Executive Committee (EC) of the association. Total number of the voters is 761. The Elected 25 EC members among themselves will elect the President, Secretary General, 3 Vice Presidents, Treasurer and the other posts on 20 June 2022 for the next 2 years. The election program is scheduled to be held at Hotel InterContinental (Ballroom), Dhaka on 18 June from 10 am to 4 pm. The final candidate list has been published on 28 May 2022. Before that the voter list was published on 10 May. BARVIDA is currently run by Administrator as the election of the association was not held due time after completion of the previous executive committee (2019-2021). The 3 Member election board is working under the chairmanship of Md. Selim Hossen, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. Md. Selim Hossen - Chairman, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Tania Islam - Member, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Md. Aminul Islam - Member, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce. The election appeal board is led by its Chairperson Jinnat Rehana, Joint Secretary of the same ministry. Jinnat Rehana - Chairperson, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Mohammed Masukur Rahman Shikder -Member, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and SM Rafiqul Islam - Member,Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce. BARVIDA, a nationalized trade organization of the country iscontributing to the national economy through local investment, employment of millions of people and a few thousand crores of taka revenue to the government annually.
At present the organization has 920 members.
