The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

A total of 773 members of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) will elect their leaders today for next two years.

Some 54 candidates divided into two panels-Sammilito Samannaya Front and Sammilito Ganatantrik Front-are contesting in the election.

Mohammad Golam Mostafa, owner of Prantik Travels and Tourism Ltd., leads the Sammilito Ganatantrik Front, while former MP Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain, owner of Bay Eastern Limited, leads the Sammilito Samannaya Front. Talking to UNB, several candidates from the two panels expressed similar high hope of winning the election with full panel. Sammilito Samannaya Front panel: MA Sobhan Bhuiyan (Hassan), Riaz-Ul-Islam, Principal Shafiq Ahmed Bhuiyan, JH Gazi, Golam Mostafa (Babul), Abdul Alim, Mohammad Siraj Mia, Md. Sahab Uddin, Mohammad Habibullah, Mansur Ahmed Kalam, Mosleh Uddin Ahmed (Litu), Mohammad Obaidul Arif, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Rusho Chowdhury, Md. Abul Barakat Bhuiyan, Nasir Uddin Majumder (Siraj), Mohammad Abul Bashar, AHM Moin Uddin, AHM Golam Kabir, Mohammad Ayub Ali Farayeji, Kazi MA Karim Belal, Md. Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Mohammad Enamul Haque, KH Mohammad Tajul Islam and AKM Nazrul Islam.

Sammilito Ganatantrik Front panel: M Shamsuzzaman, Kazi M Mafizur Rahman, Md. Nurul Amin, Morshed Sanaullah Kayani, Sheikh M Abdul Jalil, SM Alam, Md. Forkan Uddin, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Golam Sarwar, Mizanur Rahman Bhuiyan, Syed M Saiful Huq (Mintu), Md. Shamsul Huq, Md. Abu Jafar, Shah Abdul Basir, Md. Mokhlesur Rahman, Tariqul Islam, Golam Mawla, Mozammel Huq Bhuiyan, Akbar Hossain Monju, Shamim Ahmed Chowdhury Noman, Golam Mainuddin (Munir), Tofael Ahmed, Md. Ruhul Amin, Mohammad Jalal Uddin, Md. Golam Nabi and Dr KM Sultanul Aziz.

The casting of votes will start at 9 am and continue up to 5 pm without break.

Deputy Secretary at the Commerce Ministry Amrit Baroi will conduct the election.

The government in January last year appointed an administrator in the BAIRA as there were widespread allegations against the association in sending workers to Malaysia.