M Ania Ud Dowla and Samson H Chowdhury were elected president and vice president ot the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dhaka (MCCI) at the ntneUeih annual general meet Ing yesterday

The chairman and manag mg director of AC1 Limited and a former president of the Bangladesh Employers Association and MCCI. Anis Ud Dowla is a well known manger turned entrepreneur of the country.

A former managing director of Bangladesh Oxygen Ltd. he later joined ICI Bangladesh Ud and then bought over the company a lew years ago Since then he successfully turned around the company, now known as AC1

Samson H Chowdhury is the chairman and managing direr tor of Square Pharmaceuticals Ud. He established the coin pany in 1958 and Inter also di versified into bulk chemicals and toiletries manufacturing. He also served as the vice president of the MCCI and recu.

The members of the new committee of MCCI are: ytekharul Alam, managing director. Star Corporation Umlted. Syed Tareque Md All. managing director. Modern Industries (Bangladesh) Ltd. SA Azim, chairman. Azim & Son (Pvt) Limited. Abdul Hafiz-

Ghoudliury senior partner. Rahman Rahman Huq. Maj Gen Amjad Khan Chowdhury (Reid), managing director. Rangpur Foundry Limited. AKM Ghaffar adviser. Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited. M Ahsanul Haque, managing di rector. Sonali Bank. Mrs. Joya Patl. managing director. Kumudinl Welfare Trust of Bengal (Bangladesh) Ltd.. M Afroz Rahim. chairman. Raluiuafrooz Batteries Limited. Feiaal Siddiqi, managing direc tor. Sidko Limited