The election of the Chittagong District Bar Association (CDBA), the country’s second largest professional body of the pleaders, was held on Wednesday in a peaceful manner.
BNP led panel wins in 10 posts including President , left leaning panel wins in 2 posts including General Secretary and the Awami led panel sweeps in 7 posts .
Election commission sources said a total of 2,828 lawyers out of 3,450 exercised their right to franchise from 9am to till 4pm without intermission.
Counting of the votes is now continuing at CDBA auditorium. Advocate A K M Sirajul Islam Chowdhury conducted the polls as the Chief Election Commissioner while Advocate Dr Shafiqul Islam and Advocate S M Showkat Hossain were the election commissioners.
Three panels- Awami League and pro-liberation forces backed Chattagram Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad, progressive and left leaning Somomona Ainjibi Sangsad and pro-BNP-Jamaat backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad contested in the elections.
A total of 45 candidates are on race for the posts of 19 office bearers including 10 executive committee members.
Ratan Kumar Roy from Sommilito Ainjibi Somonnoy Parishad, Mohammad Humayun Kabir Rasel from Somomona Ainjibi Sangsad and Mohammad Kafiluddin Chowdhury from Ainjibi Oikya Parishad are vying for the post of President.
While Mohammad Abu Hanif from Somonnoy Parishad, S M Jahed Biru from Somomona Sangsad and S U M Nurul Islam from Oikya Parishad are on the for the post of General Secretary.104 held with Yaba, Liquor in Ctg Chittagong Bureau:
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 104 persons including two Jammat Islami activists with Yaba tablets and liquor from different upazilas of the district on Tuesday night.
Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 104 persons including two Jammat Islami activists with 2,130 pieces of contraband sex stimulating Yaba tablets and 40 litres of country made liquor from different upazilas of the district.
The arrestees were also allegedly involved in acts of sabotage and vandalism.
The detainees also include 87 persons under warrant of arrest and 15 accused in regular cases, he said.
