Group ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman (7th from left, seated) and Indian High Commissioner H.E. Mr. Pranay Kumar Verma (8th from left, seated) with diplomats and guests at the farewell dinner hosted by ICC Bangladesh on 24 April.

ICC Bangladesh arranged a farewell dinner in honour of Indian High Commissioner Mr. Pranay Kumar Verma. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Verma thanked ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman for the warm gesture and said that throughout his tenure as High Commissioner, he had received wholehearted support and cooperation from Bangladesh’s private sector in promoting trade and investment between the two countries. 

ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman thanked Mr. Verma for his sincere efforts to maintain strong bilateral relations during a critical period and for his initiatives to help resolve several key issues hindering the smooth flow of trade and economic cooperation between Bangladesh and India.

The farewell dinner held on 24 April was attendedby H.E. Mr. ZakariaTaher MP, Minister for Ministry of Housing and Public Works; Ambassador of the Royal Bhutan H.E. Ms. Dasho Karma HamuDorjee, High Commissioner of  Brunei Darussalam H.E. Mr. Haji Haris Bin Haji Othman, High Commissioner of Malaysia H.E. Mr. MohdShuhada bin Othman,High Commissioner of the Maldives H. E. Ms. ShiuneenRasheed, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka  H.E. Mr. DharmapalaWeerakkody,Ms. LalitaSilwal, Deputy Chief of Mission, Nepal Embassy; Mr. Indra Mani Pandey, Secretary General, Bay of  Bengal Initiative for Multi- Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC); ICC Bangladesh Vice Presidents A.K.Azad&NaserEzazBijoy;ICC Bangladesh Executive Board Members Abdul HaiSarker,  AftabUl Islam, Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury (Parvez),  Kamran T. Rahman,Mahmud Hasan Khan, Md. Fazlul Hoque,  Mir Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Hatem, Sayeed Ahmed, M.P.,Ms. Simeen Rahman,  Showkat Aziz Russell and  Syed Nasim Manzur; Mr. Mohammed Abdul Jabbar, Managing Director, DBL Ceramics; Mrs. Rupali Chowdhury, President, Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI); Mr. PawanKumarBadhe, Deputy High Commissioner of  India; DrDebapriya Bhattacharya, Member, CPD Board of Trustees and Distinguished Fellow; Mr. Azam J Chowdhury, Chairman, East Coast Group; Mr. Hossain Khaled, Chairman,City Bank & Managing Director, Anwar Group of Industries; Syed S Kaiser Kabir,CEO& Managing Director of Renata; Mr. Md. JashimUddin,Chairman, Bengal Commercial Bank; ICC Bangladesh Banking Commission Chairman  Muhammad A. (Rumee) Ali, Dr. ZaidiSattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh; Syed MahbuburRahman,Managing Director & CEO, Mutual Trust Bank;  Mr. AbulKasem Khan, Managing Director, A. K. Khan Telecom; Engr. Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed, Managing Director, Saiham Cotton Mills, Mr. Rizwan-Ur Rahman. Managing Director & CEO, ETBL Securities & Exchange; Chairman, ICC Bangladesh Banking Commission; Professor Mahbub Ahmed, Chairman, SCL Securities Limited; Mr. Mohammad Shamsul Islam, Managing Director, National Housing Finance; Syed Ali JowherRizvi, Managing Director, Summit Alliance Port& ICC Bangladesh Secretary General Ataur Rahman.