Voting for the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election is underway on Wednesday to elect the new executive committee for 2024-25 period, reports UNB.

Voting in the two-day polls began at 10am on Wednesday and will continue until 5pm with one-hour break. Balloting will resume from 10am Thursday and continue until 5pm.

Abu Syed Sagar and Manjurul Haque are vying for president and secretary posts respectively from Awami League-backed panel.

On the other hand, MA Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Ruhul Kuddus are contesting from BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami-backed blue panel.

Apart from them, two independent candidates are contesting for the president’s post and two others are vying for a secretary post.

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