Mirza Mehedi Tamal of Bangladesh Pratidin and MM Badsha of Bangla TV have been elected as president and general secretary, respectively, of the Bangladesh Crime Reporters Association (CRAB) for 2025.
The election was held on Friday at the Nasrul Hamid Auditorium of Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital’s Segunbagicha, where voting took place from 9 am to 4:30 pm.
Mehedi Tamal secured 128 votes, defeating his nearest rival, Mahbub Alam Lablu of Jugantor, who bagged 95 votes. Sarwar Alam of Desh Rupantor received 49 votes, while Asaduzzaman Biku of Dainik Purbokone got 12 votes. Out of 298 eligible voters, 286 cast their votes in the election.
The results were announced in the evening by Election Committee Chairman Abu Taher, a senior journalist. Senior member of the association, Ahmad Atiq, served as the election committee’s member secretary.
MM Badsha was elected general secretary with 181 votes, while his closest competitor, SM Nuruzzaman, garnered 104 votes.
For the vice president post, Umar Faruq Alhadi won with 159 votes, defeating Mizanur Rahman (Masum Mizan), who received 120 votes.
Niaz Ahmed Labu was elected joint secretary with 168 votes, surpassing his rival Abdul Latif Rana, who secured 102 votes.
Sajjad Mahmud Khan became the organising secretary with 158 votes, while his nearest rivals, Saif Bablu and Khandakar Hanif Raja, received 94 and 29 votes, respectively.
Mahmudul Hasan was elected welfare secretary with 155 votes, defeating Sheikh Kalimullah, who got 116 votes.
In the executive member category, Zia Khan topped the list with 203 votes, followed by Imran Rahman with 187 votes and Mohammad Zakaria with 75 votes.
Uncontested winners included Wasim Siddiqui (office secretary), Nihal Hasnain (publicity and publication secretary), Rakibul Islam Manik (sports and cultural secretary), Md Jasim Uddin (training and IT secretary), and Habibullah Mizan (international affairs secretary).
A total of 25 candidates contested in the election for various posts.
