A general meeting of the Bangladesh Motorcycle Assemblers and Manufacturers Association (BMAMA) was held at the Uttara Center on Sunday.
Matiur Rahman, president of BMAMA, and also chairman and managing director of Uttara Motors Limited, presided over the meeting.
The agenda items for the conference centered on the continued perilous state of the motorcycle industry in the face of the dollar crunch, persistent inflation, and a slow-down in the world economy.
The speakers in the meeting advocate for government assistance in the form of incentive programs, updating import regulations, and enhancing soft lending facilities for dealers and purchasers in order to help the motorcycle industry recover from the current crisis.
The attendees at the general meeting included Shigeru Matsuzaki, managing director and CEO, and Jamal Naser Chowdhury, adviser of Bangladesh Honda Limited; Biplob Kumar Roy, CEO of TVS Auto Bangladesh Limited; Kausar Ahmed, managing director, Rupsha Trading Corporation. Ashraf Shameem, CEO (Corporate Affairs) of Uttara Motors Limited. Mohammad Saiful Islam, General Manager, ACI Motors Limited; and Baidday Nath Saha, DGM, Rasel Industries Limited.