Farida reelected Press Club president, Shyamal new secretary

Jatiya Press Club has reelected Farida Yasmin president and elected Shyamal Dutta general secretary for its executive committee.

The results of the Jatiya Press Club election were announced on Saturday night after voting amid a festive atmosphere.

Farida secured 567 votes while her nearest candidate Kamal Uddin Sabuj got 401 and Shyamal bagged 496 votes while his nearest rival Ilyas Khan got 474.

BSS adds: Hasan Hafiz of pro-BNP panel was elected senior vice-president bagging 559 votes while his rival Kartik Chattarjee of pro-liberation journalists' panel secured 404 votes.

Rezwanul Haque Raza of pro-liberation journalists' forum (Masranga Television) was elected vice-president bagging 583 votes while his rival Syed Ali Asfar of pro-BNP panel secured 359 votes.

BSS News Editor Ayub Bhuiyan and Md Ashraf Ali of pro-liberation journalists' forum have been elected joint general secretaries securing 540 and 491 votes respectively defeating their rivals Elias Hossain and Saidul Hossain Sahed of pro-BNP panel who got 431 and 269 votes respectively. 

Shahed Chowdhury of pro-liberation journalists' forum (Dainik Samakal) was elected treasurer bagging 576 votes while his rivals Md Hasan Sharif and Shahnewaj Dulal secured 181 and 208 votes respectively.

Elected executive committee members are: Farid Hossain (495 votes), Kazi Rawnak Hossain (422 votes), Shahnaj Siddiqui Soma (390 votes), Kalyan Saha (382 votes), Shahnaj Begum Poly (360 votes), Syed Abdal Ahmed (347 votes), Julhas Alam (345 votes), Bakhtiar Rana (330 votes), Md Momin Hossain (330 votes) and Simanto Khokon (289 votes).

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