Laila Rahman Kabir is a
well known tea planter.
She was born into a
family of tea estate
owners. She read
Agricultural Botany in
the University of
Durham, UK. She is the
Managing Director of
Kedarpur Tea Co. Ltd.,
which owns 3 tea
estates. She has been
managing the estates
since 1975. Ms Kabir is
an active member of the
Bangladeshiyo Cha
Sangsad (The Association
of Tea Planter's of
Bangladesh). She was
elected the Chairman of
the Cha Sangsad in 1992,
the first woman to be
elected as Chairman of
the tea planter's
association in
Bangladesh and possibly
in the world.
During her second term
as Chairman of the
Bangladeshiyo Cha
Sangsad, in 1994 she was
elected the first woman
President of the
Bangladesh Employer's
Association (BEA) now
known as Bangladesh
Employer's Federation (BEF),
which is a national body
of employers,
representing the
employers in Bangladesh
and in international
fora. As Bangladesh
Employer's Association,
President Ms Kabir
represented Bangladesh
employers in tripartite
ILO conferences abroad
and was a member of the
Bangladesh Labour Law
Reform Commission.
In 1998, Ms Kabir was
elected President of the
Metropolitan Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
Dhaka. Once again, she
was the first woman to
be elected to head this
oldest and one of the
most prestigious trade
bodies of the country.
She is a member of the
Board of Trustees of
Centre for Policy
Dialogue (CPD), a
high-powered policy
think-tank, and a
Trustee of the South
Asia Centre for Policy
Studies (SACEPS) which
is a trust set up by a
group of eminent persons
of the SAARC countries
for promoting
co-operation among these
countries.
Address:
40/A, Indira Road
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Tel: 880 2 8823721
880 2 9884804
