Md Alamgir Kabir, managing director of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products, has been elected the new president of Bangladesh Cement Manufacturers Association, or BCMA, for the session 2019-20 and 2020-21.

Md Shahidullah, managing director of Metorcem Cement Ltd & chairman of Metrocem Group, and Zahir Uddin Ahmed, managing director of Confidence Cement, have also been elected the first and second vice-president of the BCMA respectively.

They were elected at the annual general meeting of the BCMA in Dhaka on Apr 30, the BCMA said in a statement to media.

The other members of the new committee are Treasurer Faizur Rahman Bakul (Himalaya Cement) and Executive Members Abdul Khaleque Pervez (Diamond Cement), Md Manwar Hossain (Anwar Cement), Md Khurshed Alam (Fresh Cement), Ashraful Amin Badal (Heidelberg Cement), PN Iyer (Insee Cement) and Saif Rahman (Seven Rings Cement).