SCBA election begins

Some 1,950 lawyers out of total 5,081 cast their votes on the first day of the two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)’s 14 executive posts yesterday.

Voting will resume today at 10:00am and continue till 5:00pm in SCBA auditorium in the capital. The result is likely to be announced tonight, SCBA Superintended Nimesh Chandra Das said.

Awami League lawmaker and former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru, BNP leader and former SCBA President Zainul Abedin, and Eunus Ali Akond are contesting for the post of president.

Former Bangladesh Chhatra League leader Robiul Alam Budu, incumbent SCBA secretary and former BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Ashoke Kumar Ghosh, and Abu Yahia Dulal are contesting for the post of secretary.