BNP wins Rajshahi Bar Association election with full panel after Awami League supported panel barred from contesting

March 13, 2026 • Bangladesh, Politics
BNP wins Rajshahi Bar Association election with full panel after Awami League supported panel barred from contesting
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❐ District Correspondent

Pro-BNP lawyers have won the entire panel in the annual election of the Rajshahi Bar Association. Abul Kashem was elected as the president, and Parvez Toufiq Zahedi as the general secretary.

The election was held in two phases on Thursday, from 9 am to 1 pm and from 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Out of a total of 693 voters, 626 voted. The results were announced later in the night.

Election Commissioner Sheikh Md. Jahangir Alam Selim said that the Nationalist Lawyers’ Unity Council nominated panel won 20 of the 21 posts in the Bar Association. The only winner for the post of vice-president was AKM Mizanur Rahman, who is the candidate of the Democratic Lawyers’ Association nominated panel.

Those elected to other positions in the election are: Vice President Mahabubul Islam, Vice President Mojizul Haque, Joint General Secretary (General) Imtiyar Masrur Al Amin, Joint General Secretary (Welfare) Nur-e Kamruzzaman Iran, Accounts Secretary Shakhawat Hossain Shamim, Library Secretary Salim Reza Masum, Audit Secretary Tanvir Ahmed Jullet, Press and Information Secretary Shahjamal, Magazine and Culture Secretary Janiz Fatema Kajal, and members are Yasin Ali, Shamim Ahmed, Mainur Rahman, Hafizul Islam, Zakir Hossain (2), Shahin Alam Mahmud, Reshma Khatun, Humayun Kabir Shammi and Rahima Khatun.

A total of 42 candidates contested for the two panels. In addition, one independent candidate ran for the post of president and three for the post of general secretary.

The political context of the election is also important. Before this election, pro-BNP lawyers did not allow the pro-Awami League Lawyers Coordination Council to participate in the vote, which made their panel’s victory even more absolute and influential.

Local political analysts say the results in the Rajshahi Bar Association have strengthened the local BNP organization and limited the representative participation of pro-Awami League lawyers.

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