Voting ends in SCBA elections

A two-day voting for electing new leadership of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended yesterday afternoon.

Some 5,676 lawyers out of total 7,722 cast their votes in the election held at the SCBA auditorium in Dhaka, Md Rabiul Hasan, administrative officer of SCBA, told The Daily Star.

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He said sorting of ballots will start at 9am and vote counting will begin after the Juma prayers today. The results will be announced once the counting is finished, he added.

SCBA sources said the main contest will be between panels of Awami League-backed Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad and pro-BNP Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel.

Former law minister and AL MP Abdul Matin Khasru, and former BNP lawmaker Md Fazlur Rahman have been nominated for president post from the respective panels.