Bar council polls today
The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, a statutory body regulating the lawyers, will be held today.
The polling will take place for a total of 14 posts of executive members of the council.
Of the total executive members, seven will be elected to general seats and one each to seven regional group seats.
A total of 56 lawyers will contest in the election. More than 40,000 lawyers registered with the council are expected to cast their votes across the country, said Bar Council Secretary Enyaet Fazlur Rashid yesterday.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, who is the ex-officio chairman of the bar council, will perform as chief election commissioner.
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