Sylhet Bureau

Businessmen at all levels of Sylhet have given a 4-day ultimatum to abolish the unelected and illegal management committee of The Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industries for the year 2024-25 and hand over power to the elected committee.

They called upon the demands of the Apamar businessmen of Sylhet to be implemented by immediately resigning the incumbents and appointing administrators in the Sylhet Chamber by organizing a legitimate and fair election in the democratic process. Otherwise, all levels of traders in Sylhet have warned to announce a strict programme next Thursday.

On Sunday (December 8) at noon, the business leaders expressed these reactions in the human chain program organized by the businessmen of all levels of the city on the road adjacent to the Sylhet Chamber on Jail Road in Sylhet city. In the human chain programme, chaired by Amiruzzaman Chowdhury Dulu, the former director of Sylhet Chamber, and Abdur Rahman Ripon, Secretary General of Sylhet District Branch of Bangladesh Shop Owners Association and President of Sylhet Metropolitan Business Union Kalyan Parishad, the speakers said, The Sylhet Chamber of Commerce and Industries is a hope of the businessmen of the region.

A symbol of aspiration and guardian organization. They considered this traditional organization of common traders of Sylhet as a focal point of their trust. But it is a sad fact that a group is illegally and undemocratically usurping the power of the Sylhet Chamber and undermining the dignity of this institution. Repeatedly on the streets, the businessmen of all levels of Sylhet demanded the resignation of those holding power illegally, but they shamelessly seized power and indulged in the game of hide and seek. Speakers recalled the August 5 student-crowd movement and said the illegal members of the chamber were blinded by the lust for power.

Shamelessly they are debating the chamber. They saw the rise not the fall. They said that where the chamber is supposed to be with the common traders in happiness and sorrow, instead they are busy picking the sugarcane of the needy instead of working for the welfare of the traders. Traders are being deprived of their fair rights. Common businessmen's question is where is the millet? How they have been sitting shamelessly for a long time ignoring the businessmen's negligence and their demands. They did not see the tide of the crowd.

No tyranny in the world could survive on the masses. Neither can they. Businessmen of Sylhet are patiently speaking for their just demands. They respect the law. Otherwise it is not a matter of a minute to discuss the matter. Speakers also said that already 5 directors have resigned from this illegal committee but other 'greedy' directors have taken refuge with ordinary businessmen. The traders reiterated the ultimatum given to the power grabbers to accept their demands by next Thursday.

Traders of different markets participated in the human chain program with the banner of their respective organizations.

Former President of Sylhet Chamber Khandaker Shipper Ahmed, President of Al-Hamra Shopping City Traders Association Shamsul Alam, Former President of Madhuban Supermarket Traders Association Mohammad Ali Akiq, President of Jalalabad Vegetable Trade Supermarket Mostafizur Rahman, Sylhet Metropolitan Traders Oikya Kalyan Parishad spoke in the human chain program. President Abdul Munim Mallik Munna, Abdul Hadi Pabel, Former Director Enamul Quddus Chowdhury, former director. Nurul Islam, President of Sylhet Plaza Market Traders Association Mostafizur Rahman, Shah Zakir Ahmad, General Secretary of Sylhet Flower Traders Association Farhaduzzaman Chowdhury, Oliur Rahman Abdul Mannan, Abdul Qayyum of Karim Ullah Market, Hossain Ahmad of New Road Business Association, President of Vegetable Trade Center Sylhet Chad Mia. , Vice President of Dargah Bazar Traders Association Lutfur Rahman Lilu, Motlib Villa Market Traders Association President Firuz Uddin, Laldighirpar Hawkers Market Shah Zaman, Mithali Mansion Traders Association President Oliur Rahman Chowdhury, Nurul Alam, Farhad Bin Rashid, Sylhet Motor Parts Association General Secretary Sajwan Ahmad, BSIC Owners Association Treasurer Nurul Islam Munim, Russel Ahmad of Mahajan Patti, Motor Parts Association General Secretary Abdus Salam Anu, Haji Nawab Ali Market Traders Association Organizing Secretary Raju Ahmed, Elegant Market Traders Association General Secretary Abdul Qadir, City Super Market Traders Association Co-General Secretary Sharif Uddin Chowdhury, Md. Layek Mia, Abul Kalam of Wood Traders Association, General Secretary of Sylhet District Electronics Traders Association Kamrul Islam, West World Traders Association President Oliur Rahman Saddam, Zubair Rabbi Chowdhury, Nurul Alam, Mohammad Aliful Islam, Md. Golam Kibria, Md. Arif Hossain, Md. Kamal Hossain and others.
Participated in the human bond - Vegetable Trade Center Traders Association, Industrial and Businessmen Welfare Federation, Laldighirpar Old Hawkers Market Traders Association, New Shyamoli Shopping Center Traders Association, Sylhet District Electronics Traders Association, Darshan Deuri Traders Association, Sylhet District Flower Traders Association, Karim Ullah Market Business Welfare Association, Hasan Market Shop Owners Association, Naya Sadak Business Association, Mahajan Patti Traders Association, Sylhet City Super Market Traders Association, Oriental Market Traders Association, Shokria Market Traders Association, Haji Nawab Ali Sabzi Market, National Small Cottage Industry Traders Association, Bisik Shilpa Malik Samidi, Madhuban Super Market Traders Association, Bangladesh Motor Parts & Including Tire Tube Traders Association, Dakshin Surma Wood Traders Association, Shokaria Maket Traders Association, Sylhet Millennium Shopping Complex Traders Association, West World Market Traders Association and various business organizations of Sylhet were present.