The New Nation - Internet Edition

DU Correspondent

Shaukat Mahmud and Kamal Uddin Sabuj have been re-elected president and general secretary respectively in the National Press Club election for the session 2009-10 defeating their rivals by a huge margin of votes.

Shaukat Mahmud and Kamal Uddin Sabuj led panel won six posts of the executive committee out of seven and won six posts of member out of ten.

Shaukat Mahmud polled 401 votes out of 628 while his rival M Shahjahan Mia got 197 votes. Kamal Uddin Sabuj got 343 votes and his opponent Saiful Alam 258.

Syed Akhter Hossion was elected senior vice president post securing 320 votes and Abdur Rahman Khan vice president with 361 votes. Kazi Rawnak Hossain and Anayet Hossain Khan captured joint secretary posts getting 345 and 249 votes respectively. Syed Abdal Ahmed was elected treasurer.

Kader Gani Chowdhury, Parvin Sultana Musa Zuma, Farid Hossain, Hasan Hafiz, Shamsuddin Ahmed Charu, Farida Yesmin, Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Abu Taher Khakon, Bakhtiar Rana and Mamataz Bilkis Banu

Have been elected members of the Press Club.

A total of five members committee headed by Mohammad Abdul Khaleq Bhuiyan conducted the election on Thursday.

The New Nation reporting team led by Rafiqul Islam Azad congratulated its editor Mostafa Kamal Majumder and offered him floral wreath for being elected executive member of the National Press Club.