Alamgir Shamsul Alamin elected REHAB president

Alamgir Shamsul Alamin (Kajal) has been elected president of the Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) for the next two years until 2023.

Among other key positions, Intekhabul Hamid was elected as senior vice president of the association while Kamal Mahmud as first vice president.

As there were no other candidates against the posts, they were declared elected unopposed by the election board on Tuesday, said a press release.

According to the release, the election board announced the schedule for holding election to REHAB’s board of directors on August 21. The election was completed in phases in Dhaka and Chattogram.

Other office bearers are – Second Vice President Najrul Islam Dulal, Third Vice President Lion Sharif Ali Khan, Vice President (Finance) Engineer Md Sohel Rana, and Vice President (Chattogram) Md Abdul Qaium
Chowdhury.

The seven office bearers came up victorious among 29 directors - 26 elected centrally at Dhaka and 3 at Chattogram.

Election Board Chief Engineer Enayetur Rahman congratulated the newly elected office bearers and hoped that they will play an effective role in providing housing to the citizens and solving the prevailing problems of the sector.

At the same time, they will play a significant role in moving REHAB forward, he added.

The REHAB was formed on December 12 in 1991 with the aim to promote the real estate development in the private sector in Bangladesh. It is the only recognized organization for real estate developers in Bangladesh.

The private sector real estate developers have been trying to meet the national housing demand. This positive notion has been supported by REHAB, the association that aimed to solve the housing problems in Bangladesh, protect the interest of all the developers, and support the evolution of the real estate sector.