Abu Saleh Akon of the Daily Nayadiganta and Mynul Hasan Sohel of the Daily Inqilab have been elected president and general secretary of the executive committee of the Dhaka Reporters Unity respectively.
Saleh bagged 801 votes, while his nearest rival candidate Mursalin Nomani obtained 496 votes in the election held on Saturday amid festivity.
Sohel secured 548 votes to defeat his nearest rival Shahnaz Sharmin who bagged 364 votes contesting for the post of general secretary.
Gazi Anwar was elected vice president getting 698 votes and Nadia Sharmin was elected joint secretary securing 723 votes.
Other elected office bearers are finance secretary Shakwat Hossain Sumon (uncontested), organising secretary Abdul Hai Tuhin (550 votes), office secretary Rafik Rafi (683 votes), women affairs secretary Rozina Ruzi (907), publicity and publication secretary Mizan Chowdhury (782 votes), ICT and training affairs secretary Shariful Islam (632 votes), sports secretary Mujibur Rahman (795 votes), cultural secretary Emdadul Haque Khan (uncontested), hospitality secretary Mohammad Salim Ullah (Mezbah) (uncontested) and welfare secretary Rafique Mridha (uncontested).
The elected seven members of the new DRU executive committee are Junayed Hossain Shishir (927), Md Akteruzzaman (834 votes), Borhan Uddin (766 votes), Aminul Islam Bhuyain (709 votes), Faruque Alam (634 votes), Sumon Chowdhury (506 votes) and Md Salim Ullah (406 votes).
