The 41 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) was held on January 28 at the Samson H Chowdhury Centre, Dhaka Club Limited, Ramna, Dhaka.
It was presided over by Md Rezaul Karim, chairman, SCB, reads a press release.
The meeting reviewed the performances of the Council during the last year and the country's overall situation was discussed in detail due to the economic losses caused by the war between Russia and Ukraine, especially the devaluation of the BD currency and the increase in the price of imported goods.
The involvement and progress of the Council's activities with the Asian Shippers Alliance (ASA) and Global Shippers Alliance (GSA) were also discussed.
Md Rezaul Karim, chairman of the Shippers' Council of Bangladesh was congratulated for being re-elected as Vice Chairman of ASA for the term 2022-2024 in the Annual Meeting of SCB.
In addition, the members of the Board of Directors expressed their sincere thanks for distributing a significant amount of food items to the flood-affected people in different areas of the country.
In the meeting, the Chairman of the Shippers Council of Bangladesh was congratulated for being included as a member of the "National Logistics Development and Coordination Committee" formed by the Prime Minister's Office to achieve national growth targets, increase capacity in trade and investment, ensure efficient transportation of goods and overall development of logistics sector.
The meeting unanimously confirmed the minutes of the last AGM, approved the annual report-2022, the Audited Balance Sheet and the Statement of Accounts for 2021-2022 and appointed an auditor for 2022-2023.
Senior Vice Chairman Md Ariful Ahsan, Vice Chairman AKM Aminul Mannan (Khokon) and Directors and a good number of members attended the meeting.
