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Pro-AL Blue Panel sweeps DUTA polls

Published : Thursday, 30 December, 2021 at 10:07 PM  Count : 1293

Pro-AL Blue Panel sweeps DUTA polls

Pro-AL Blue Panel sweeps DUTA polls


Awami League backed teachers under "Blue Panel" today swept Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) election, bagging 14, out of 15 executive committee posts, including all key positions.

Pro-BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami 'White Panel' won only one member post in the committee.

Blue Panel's DU Law Faculty Dean Professor Dr Rahmat Ullah has been elected as DUTA president while Prof Nizamul Huque Bhuiyan of Food and Nutrition Sciences Institute as general secretary.

Prof Rahmat Ullah bagged 945 votes, while his rival Prof Yearul Kabir from White Panel secured 392 votes. Prof Nizamul bagged 970 votes while 'White Panel's Prof Abdus Salam of the 'White Panel' with 381 votes.

Prof Sabita Rezwana Rahman of Microbiology department won the Vice-President post while Dr Md Akram Hossain of Management and Information Systems department and Dr Md Abdur Rahim of Islamic History and Culture department were elected Treasurer and Joint-Secretary respectively.

Nine executive members elected from the Blue Panel are: Dr AZM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan of Television, Film and Photography department, Dr Ishtiaque M Syed of Physics, Dr Lafifa Jamal of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering, Dr Chandra Nath Poddar of Mathematics department, Dr Md Nasir Uddin Munshi of Information Science and Library Management, Dr Mohammad Abdul Moin of Organization Strategy and Leadership, Dr Sadeka Halim of Sociology department, Dr Zinat Huda of Sociology and Dr Firoz Ahmed of Pharmacy department.

Prof Lutfar Rahman of Statistics department, is the only person elected as member from the pro-BNP White Panel.

The Chief Election Commissioner Prof Dr Tofail Ahmed Chowdhury announced the result at Dhaka University Club Thursday afternoon. A total of 1,398, out of 1950 voters, cast their votes.

Earlier, voting was held from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Teacher's Club on the campus.

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