Shippers council of Bangladesh hold 43rd AGM
43 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Shippers' Council of Bangladesh (SCB) was held on Saturday at Fortune Square Convention Hall, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
It was presided over by Md Rezaul Karim, Chairman, SCB. At the beginning of the meeting, a minute of silence was observed to pay respect to former Chairmen and Members of SCB, business leaders, and prominent citizens who passed away last year. The meeting reviewed the performance of the Council in the previous year and other matters, including the country's trade, shipping, and port-related problems in the context of the world's foreign trade situation.
The Meeting discussed its involvement and progress of the Council's activities with the Asian Shippers Alliance (ASA) and Global Shippers Alliance (GSA) were also discussed.
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The meeting expressed sincere gratitude to the Honourable Chief Advisor for reducing the increased VAT and supplementary duty on several goods and services, including mobile phone services, restaurants and medicines, among the 100 goods and Services the interim government increased. In addition, the Members of the SCB expressed their sincere thanks to the Board of Directors for distributing a significant amount of food items and winter clothing to help the poor and helpless people in different areas of the country.
The Meeting unanimously confirmed the minutes of the last AGM, approved the Annual Report-2024, the Audited Balance Sheet and Statement of Accounts for 2023-2024, and appointed an auditor for 2024-2025. Senior Vice Chairman Md Ariful Ahsan, Vice Chairman Ganesh Chandra Saha, and Directors and many members attended the meeting.
