Dhaka, Jan 1 (bdnews24.com) — Kamal Uddin Sabuj has been elected president and Syed Abdal Ahmed general secretary of the National Press Club in an election held on Friday.
Election commissioner Zakaria Pintu announced the results on Saturday morning following the day-long voting.
BNP-backed Sabuj-led panel secured 13 out of the 17 posts of the club managing committee, while Awami League-backed Golam Sarwar-Saiful Alam panel got four posts.
Sabuj, who fought for the post of presedent, is news editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sanstha. He obtained 372 votes.
His rival Sarwar, editor of Bengali language daily newspaper Samakal, got 233 votes.
Syed Abdal, a deputy editor of Bengali daily Amar Desh, got 316 votes to be elected the general secretary. His rival contestant Saiful Alam, executive editor of Bengali daily Jugantar, got 289 votes.
Other elected office bearers are senior vice president Kazi Rounak Hossain (351 votes), vice president Bakhtiar Rana (359), joint secretaries Nurul Hasan Khan (339) and Abdul Quader Gani (326), treasurer Badiul Alam (353). All of them are from Sabuj-Abdal panel.
Elected members from Sabuj-Abdal panel are Hasan Hafiz (343), Zahirul Alam (337), AKM Mohsin (311), Nuruddin Ahmed (288), Golam Mohiuddin Khan (274) and Nazmul Ahsan (269).
Meanwhile, Sarwar-Siful panel's elected members are Farid Hossain (302), Shamsuddin Ahmed Charu (308), Farida Yasmin (299) and Mainul Alam (273).
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