Arifur Rahman elected DJFB president, Shaid Ripon general secretary

Senior journalist Arifur Rahman has been elected president of the Development Journalists Forum of Bangladesh (DJFB), while Shaid Ripon has been elected general secretary in the organisation’s latest election.

The election was held on Friday (10 April) at the NEC conference room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, where Chief Election Commissioner Sultan Mahmud announced the results. Election commissioners Doulot Akter Mala and Abul Kashem were also present.

Prior to the vote, the organisation held its biennial general meeting, chaired by outgoing president Hamid Uz Zaman Mamun and conducted by General Secretary Abu Hena Muhib.

Arifur Rahman, a senior reporter at Prothom Alo, secured 28 votes to defeat his sole rival Masum Billah, chief reporter of Dhaka Stream, who received 21 votes.

In the race for general secretary, Shaid Ripon, a senior reporter at Dhaka Post, won with 26 votes, narrowly defeating Mohammad Zahidul Islam of The Financial Express, who secured 23 votes.

A total of 49 out of 54 registered voters cast their ballots in the election.

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In other positions, Mofizul Sadiq was elected vice president with 40 votes, while his opponent Zahangir Alam received 9 votes. M R Mashfi was elected organising secretary with 26 votes, edging past Mohammad Zakaria, who got 23 votes.

Four candidates were elected unopposed to key posts. They are Imdad Haque as joint general secretary, Md Altaf Hossain as finance secretary, Md Arman Hekim as office secretary, and Jahir Rayhan as publicity and publication secretary.

For the three executive member positions, Jagrana Chakma, Farhad Hossain and Mizanur Rahman were elected after one candidate withdrew before the election.