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The high officials of the Executive Committee of the Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) have been elected unopposed as the other candidates withdrew their nomination papers.

Earlier, Khondker Jamil Uddin was elected uncontested General Secretary of BHF.

The five Vice-Presidents, who have been elected unopposed, are: Air Commodore (Retd) Shahjahan Sharker, Pratap Shanker Hajra, MA Gafur, KMR Manjoor and Azizur Rahman Raju.

The two Joint-Secretaries, who have been elected uncontested, are: Abdur Rashid Shikder and Md Mashirul Kabir Ritu.

The Treasurer, who has been elected unopposed, is: Kazi Mainuzzaman.

A total of 23 members will compete for 21 posts of members of the Executive Committee. The election will be held on August 28.

Yesterday was the last day to withdraw the nomination papers, which were submitted earlier.

It may be mentioned that the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Hockey Federation has been formed of 31 members including high officials. The President of the BHF has been nominated by the Government.