The Indian Media Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (IMCAB) has elected Shahin Chowdhury of Tripura Express as President and Masum Billah of Dainik Jugasankha and Eastern Chronicle as General Secretary for a two-year term, bringing a new leadership team to the organisation representing various Indian media outlets operating in Bangladesh.
The new committee was announced on Friday night during the IMCAB Night and biennial general meeting at Hotel Westin in the capital.
The new office-bearers are Vice-President Rajib Khan (TV9), Joint General Secretary Mir Afroz Zaman (UNI), Treasurer Abu Ali (Amar Asom), and Organizing Secretary Aminul Haque Bhuiyan (Tripura Darpan). Executive members are Basudev Dhar (Dainik Statesman), Rafiqul Islam Sabuj (Dainik Desher Katha), Nirmal Chakraborty (Face News), Zakir Hossain (Dainik Spandan), and Monir Hossain (Tripura Times).
The election was scheduled for September 5, with August 29 as the deadline for collecting and submitting nomination papers. Since only one nomination paper was filed for each post, all candidates were elected unopposed. Mynul Hasan Sohel, General Secretary of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), served as convener of the election conducting committee.
The IMCAB Night was held under the chairmanship of outgoing president and Dainik Ei Samay correspondent Kuddus Afrad. Gokul V.K., First Secretary of the Indian High Commission; Ayub Bhuiyan, General Secretary of the National Press Club; Somnath Dey, President of the Bangladesh chapter of Vishva Hindu Parishad; Farid Hossain, IMCAB’s founding convener and advisor; Anisur Rahman, advisor and PTI correspondent; and Dwip Azad, former General Secretary of IMCAB, attended the event.The programme concluded with a cultural programme.
