BNP-Jamaat lawyers sweep Dhaka Bar elections

Pro-government lawyers have suffered defeat in the election to the most important district legal community, the Dhaka Bar Association, reports bdnews24.com.

The Blue panel, backed by the BNP-Jamaat-e-Islami coalition, has won most of the posts, including those of the president and the general secretary.

Of the 10 posts of office bearers, Awami League-backed White panel won only the posts of the senior vice- president and treasurer.

BNP central committee's Religious Affairs Secretary Masud Ahmed Talukder has been elected the president, bagging 4,562 votes.

Omar Faruq Faruquee of the Blue panel has been elected general secretary. He got 4,643 votes.

White panel's Saidur Rahman got 230 votes less than Masud while Ayubur Rahman got 586 votes less than Omar Faruq.

Of the 15 posts of executive members, BNP-Jamaat-backed lawyers won 12. The Awami League-backed lawyers won the rest.

The BNP-Jamaat-backed Blue panel in all got 20 out of the 25 posts. The rest went to the Awami League-backed White panel.

Chief Election Commi-ssioner SM Altaf Hossain announced the results in the early hours Saturday. The voting was held throughout Wednesday and Thursday. The number of voters was 15,372.