Farida Yasmin first female president of Jatiya Press Club

Farida Yasmin of the Daily Ittefaq made history by getting elected as the first female president of Jatiya Press Club on Thursday.

Ilias Khan of the daily Amar Desh was elected general secretary of the press club's management committee for the 2021-22 tenure.

Farida bagged 581 votes while her rival candidate Kamal Uddin Sabuj got 395 votes. Farida was the general secretary of the outgoing committee. Ilias secured 566 votes while Omar Farroque got 393 votes for the general secretary post.

Hasan Hafiz was elected senior vice president and Rezwanul Haque Raza vice president. Other office bearers of the 17-member executive committee are -- joint secretaries Mainul Alam and M Ashraf Ali, and treasurer Shahed Chowdhury. The members are: Ayub Bhuiyan, Rezanur Rahman, Quazi Rownaq Hossain, Jahiduzzaman Farroque, Shahnaz Begum Poly, Syed Abdal Ahmed, Shahnaj Siddiqui Shoma, Banu Ranjan Chakraborty, Rahman Mostafiz and Bakhtiar Rana.