Voters of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) are casting ballots to elect the new executive committee for 2019-20 period.
Voting in the two-day polls began at 10:00am on Wednesday and will continue until 5:00pm with one-hour break. Balloting will resume from 10:00am Thursday and continue until 5:00pm, said Kazi Jaynal Abedin, member of SCBA election conducting committee.
SCBA superintendent (supervisor) Nimesh Chandra Das said 7,825 registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise, reports a news agency.
Former SCBA president Abu Mohammad Aminuddin and former general secretary Md Abdun Nur Dulal are vying for president and secretary posts respectively from Awami League-backed white panel.
On the other hand, former president Abdul Jamil and secretary AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon 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 another one is vying for a member post.
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