Raheed Ejaz of Prothom Alo and Nurul Islam Hasib of bdnews24.com were unanimously elected President and General Secretary respectively of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) for the year 2019.
The organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) of 2018 and the election for the 11-member executive committee were held on Tuesday at the Jatiya Press Club.
AKM Moinuddin of UNB became the Vice-President while Israt Jahan Urmi of DBC was elected Joint Secretary. Mahadi Hasan Talukder of Kaler Kantho was elected Treasurer and Abu Hena Emrul Kayesh of Bangla Vision as Office Secretary.
The five other elected members are: Angur Nahar Monty of News24, Md Mahfuzur Rahman Mishu of Jamuna TV, Sanaul Haque Dolon of ATN Bangla, Khurram Zaman of barta24, and Touhidur Rahman of banglanews24.com.
Former President of Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) M Shafiqul Karim was the chief election commissioner while Nizamuddin Ahmed and Shyamal Dutta were the other two commissioners for the elections.
Outgoing President Rezaul Karim Lotus presided over the AGM before the elections.
