Pro-Awami League panel sweeps Dhaka University Teachers Association elections

The Awami League-backed panel has bagged all 15 executive committee positions at the Dhaka University Teachers Association (DUTA) elections.

The Blue Panel’s ASM Maksud Kamal and Rahmat Ullah were elected president and general secretary, respectively, at the election held on Thursday.

None of the candidates from the White Panel, backed by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, could win any post.

At the last election, it got one of the executive members’ posts.

Left-leaning teachers, who broke away from the Awami League-leaning teachers last year, also took part in the election under the Pink Panel banner but failed to win any position.

They had the same result at the last elections. Polling continued from 10am to 2pm on Thursday, with 77 per cent of DUTA members casting their votes.

Election Commissioner and Chemistry Department teacher Tofayel Ahmed Chowdhury announced the results in the evening.

"Out of 1,950 voters, 1,502 cast their votes, which is 77 per cent", he said while announcing the names of the winners.

The new executive committee President: ASM Maksud Kamal of Disaster Management Department

Vice-President: Shibly Rubaitul Islam of Banking and Insurance Department

General Secretary: Rahmat Ullah of Law Department

Joint Secretary: Abu Zafar Md Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan of Television and Film Studies Department

Treasurer: Abdus Samad of Applied Mathematics Department

Members: Farid Uddin Ahmed, Imdadul Haque, Mahbuba Nasrin, Md Nizamul Haque Bhuiyan, Baitullah Quaderi, SM Abdur Rahman, Tazin Aziz Chowdhury, Md Aftab Ali Sheikh, Biman Chandra Barhua and Lafifa Jamal.