Munir Hossain, Ahsan Habib elected CMJF president, general secretary

Md Munir Hossain, special correspondent of Daily Jugantor, has been elected president of the Capital Market Journalists' Forum (CMJF), while Ahsan Habib, senior reporter of The Daily Star, has been elected general secretary for a two-year term.

The new leadership was elected at the organisation's biennial general meeting held on January 2 at the CMJF office in Dhaka.

After the election, Chief Election Commissioner Nasir Uddin Chowdhury announced the results.

Other members of the election commission were Mainul Hasan Sohel, Shahnaz Sharmin Rinvi, and Abu Ali.

For the 2026-27 term, Babul Barman, senior reporter of The Financial Express, was re-elected vice-president, while Tahidul Islam Rana, senior reporter of Independent Television, was elected joint general secretary.

Mahfuzul Islam was elected finance secretary, and senior reporter Obaidur Rahman was elected office secretary.

Five members were elected to the executive committee: Alamgir Hossain, Md Sajjad Hosain, Sushanto Sinha, Mostafizur Rahman, and SM Zakir Hossain.