UsaNewsOnline.Com Desk : FEDERATION OF BANGLADESHI ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA (FOBANA) is the only national and largest organization for the Bangladeshi diaspora living in North America. The organization will arrange its 31st Annual Convention also popularly known as FOBANA. It will be hosted by Bangladesh Association of Florida on October 6th through October 8th, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Miami, Florida. This year we are launching a unique event focusing the business leaders only. It is called the FOBANA Business Power Lunch. It will take place on the second day of the convention, October 7, 2017 at the Flagler Ballroom from 11:30am to 1:30pm. We are partnering with the Association of Bi-National Chambers of Commerce in Florida, Bangladesh American Chamber of Commerce, Florida Chamber of Commerce, Global Trade Chamber and Business America magazine. FOBANA Business Power Lunch is a gathering of top level business leaders from Bangladesh and the USA in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister of Commerce of Bangladesh Mr. Tofael Ahmed, MP and His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Ziauddin. Senior executives and members from multiple Chambers of Commerce will be present who are eager to do business with Bangladesh. This exclusive and professional setting will set the stage for a mutually beneficial bilateral trade environment. Other attendees will include all Executive Members of FOBANA, local Bangladeshi business leaders, investors, entrepreneurs and all sponsors. They will have ample opportunity to interact with all the attendees as well as conduct one to one business discussion. FOBANA is delighted to announce that the Chairman of Max Group Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Business Power Lunch. Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir was born on 1st January 1955 in Noakhali, Bangladesh. He had graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1977 from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Right after graduation, he had joined a French company in the Oil and Gas industry in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and served successfully for five years. He had the burning desire to emerge as an industrialist, with an intention to fulfill his dream and contributing towards the economy of Bangladesh he came back to Bangladesh. In the year 1983, Mr. Alomgir registered AFA Steel Industries Limited along with Max Automobile Products Limited now renamed as Max Infrastructure Limited. Over the years, MAX has established manufacturing facilities for stainless steel crockery and pipes, lubricating oil blending, most of the railway track fittings including pre-stressed concrete sleeper etc. MAX became the leading EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) company for infrastructure development of Bangladesh especially for construction of Railway track, Bridge, Flyover and development of power plants. During 2010, MAX endeavored its first power plant of 78.50 MW that is running successfully. MAX has attained simple cycle COD of 163 MW combined cycle power plant and combined cycle COD is expected during December 2017. MAX is engaged in developing power plants as sponsor and implementation as EPC. MAX is executing ‘Construction of dual gauge double rail line and conversion of existing rail line into dual gauge between Akhaura and Laksam’, a project of Bangladesh Railway, 72.00 km new railway track with a contract value of USD 445 million and ‘Construction of Flyover at Muradpur, Gate No. 2 & GEC Junction, Chittagong’, a project of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), 6.30 km, with a contract value of USD 81 million. MAX Chairman himself is an NRB from last 37 years having business in Dubai but mainly in Dhaka. He established NRB Global Bank as a founder director. Currently, about 50 branches of NRB Global Bank is operating in Bangladesh and owned by NRB shareholders. Please contact us at [email protected] immediately if you are interested to attend this exclusive event. Press release.

Azadul Haq          M Mowla Dilu              Rabiul Karim     

Chairman             Executive Secretary    Chairman, Business &   

FOBANA              FOBANA                    Investment Committee,                                                                         FOBANA                                                     

Mohamed Emran             M Rahman Jahir             Ahmed Arif Ashraf

President                          Convener                       Member Secretary

Host Committee             Host Committee            Host Committee