Bar Council election held
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Voting to elect members of Bangladesh Bar Council was held on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.
Poll booths at 77 centres across the country opened for voting at 10:00 pm and closed at 5:00 pm.
The poll was held three months behind schedule because of complications over the electoral roll.
Like the previous elections, the one that began Wednesday, pits ruling Awami League-backed lawyers against pro-BNP lawyers.
The Bangladesh Bar Council election is held once every three years.
As many as 43,302 lawyers voted to elect 14 members of the council -- seven for the posts of general members and as many for the region-based posts.