Later, addressing the new committee, Ghulam Rahman said the newly elected executive committee will be more active in the future in safeguarding the interests of 18 crore consumers in the country and will continue to work to meet their expectations.

The annual general meeting of the Cab was also held on the same day with its president Ghulam Rahman in the chair, it said.

Harun-ur-Rashid was the chief election commissioner and, Mushtaq Ahmed Bhuiyan and Main Uddin Ahmed were election commissioners in the election.

Muhammad Sajedul Islam, a lecturer of Daffodil International University, has been elected as publicity secretary, while SMG Saqlain Russell, associate professor of Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital and Research Institute; Munira Alam and Engineer Ijazur Rahman have been elected as members.

Md Munjur-e-Khoda Tarafdar, acting vice chancellor of Fareast International University, and Syed Mizanur Rahman Raju, professor of Daffodil International University, have been elected as treasurer and organising secretary respectively.

Besides, Cab Energy Adviser Prof M Shamsul Alam, dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Daffodil International University, has been elected as senior vice-president, while ISDE Bangladesh Executive Director SM Nazer Hossain as vice president; and Md Shahnewaz Chowdhury as joint secretary.