Sharmin Rinvi, new president of ERF
SM Rashidul Islam re-elected as general secretary
Sharmin Rinvi, news editor of private satellite channel Banglavision, was elected as the president of Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) while SM Rashidul Islam, economic reporter of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, was re-elected as the general secretary.
M Shafiqul Alam, bureau chief of AFP, was elected unopposed as the vice president of ERF, a platform of journalists who cover economic issues in the country.
The biennial general meeting and the election for 2020-21 term of the organisation was held yesterday at its office in the city's Paltan area.
Later, Saiful Alam, election conducting board chairman and president of National Press Club, announced the results, according to a press release.
Out of the 238 voters of ERF, some 216 voters exercised their voting rights. The newly elected president Rinvi got 124 votes while her lone competitor Ziaur Rahman, editor of Arthosuchak, received 90 votes.
Apart from vice president, General Secretary SM Rashidul Islam and Finance Secretary Md Rezaul Haque Kawshik were also elected unopposed.
The other elected office bearers are Kutub Uddin Muhammad Jasim as assistant general secretary and Sirajul Islam Qadir, Syed Shahnewaz Karim, Md Azizur Rahman (Ripon) and Rahim Sheikh as executive members.