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Vol. 5 Num 655 Sat. April 01, 2006  
   
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Ainjibi Parishad sweeps SC Bar elections


Pro-opposition lawyers' forum Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parishad (SASP) swept through the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections on Thursday winning all the 14 seats.

Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Nijamul Haque Nasim unofficially declared the results early Friday.

Barrister M Amir-ul Islam was elected president while advocate AM Aminuddin general secretary.

Barrister Amirul Islam received 840 votes while his nearest rival Advocate Habibul Islam Bhuiyan of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel received 500 votes.

Advocate AM Aminuddin bagged 737 votes and his nearest rival Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel got 601 votes.

The other elected candidates are: Vice-presidents Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan and Advocate ATM Mizanur Rahman, Treasurer Mohammad Akram Hossain Manju, Assistant Secretaries Md Abdul Mannan Mohan and Md Moteher Hossain Saju and seven Executive Members Arabindu Kumar Roy (Ananda), Farid Ahmed, Jannatul Ferdousi (Rupa), Md Mojammel Haque Rana, Purabi Rani Sharma, Sheikh Akhterul Islam and SM Fazlul Haque.

Some 1,465 out of 1,622 voters cast their votes in the two-day election.