Salim Osman BKMEA president for the fifth straight term

AKM Salim Osman has been elected as president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) for the fifth consecutive term.

The BKMEA Election Board in a meeting at BKMEA head office in Dhaka on Thursday (Oct 3), announced Salim Osman elected unopposed for the 2019-2020 term.

A lawmaker from Narayanganj-5 constituency, Salim Osman was first elected as the president of BKMEA in 2010.

Other elected members of BKMEA board are First Vice-President MA Hatem, Second Vice-President Amal Poddar, Third Vice-President of Gauhar Siraj Jamil and Vice-President (finance) Morshed Sarwar Sohail.

All members of the 27-strong board of the country's apex knitwear exporter body were elected unopposed as no contestants are in the race against them.