The voting has begun for the 2026‑27 executive committee of the Dhaka Bar Association. It started at 9am and will continue until 5pm on Wednesday, with a one‑hour break from 1pm to 2pm.
The same schedule will be followed Thursday. A total of 21,731 lawyers are eligible to cast their votes.
Dhaka Bar Association’s Chief Election Commissioner Md Borhan Uddin said results will be announced on Friday after machine counting of members’ votes and manual counting for editorial posts.
Election commission sources said, BNP‑ and Ganodhikar Parishad‑backed lawyers are contesting under the Bangladesh Nationalist Lawyers Unity Panel (Blue Panel), while Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party (NCP)‑backed lawyers are running under the Lawyers Unity Council (Green Panel).
Each panel has 23 candidates, making a total of 46, with eight independents also in the race for different posts.
This is the first election since the political shift in 2024 in which the Awami League‑backed Combined Lawyers Coordination Council is not participating.
Several Awami League‑leaning lawyers expressed interest in running independently but alleged they were denied permission. Both panels are hoping for fair voting and victory.
From the Blue Panel, Md Anwar Zahid Bhuiyan is contesting for president and Md Abul Kalam Khan for general secretary. Other candidates include Senior Vice‑president Md Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Vice‑president Md Abul Kalam Azad, Treasurer Mohammad Anisuzzaman (Anis), Senior Joint Secretary Md Eltutmesh Sowdagar (Anny), Joint Secretary Md Mahadi Hasan Jewel, Library Secretary Khandaker Maksudul Hasan (Sabuj), Cultural Secretary Marzia Hira, Office Secretary Md Afzal Hossain Mridha, Sports Secretary Md Sohel Khan, Welfare Secretary ASM Firoz and Information and Communication Secretary Shafiqul Islam (Shafik).
Ten members are also in the race from this panel, including AHM Rezwanul Said (Romeo), Farzana Yasmin, Md Adnan Rahman, Md Nizam Uddin, Md Nazrul Islam (Mamun), Md Sanaul, Mamun Mia, Mujahidul Islam, Sheikh Shawkat Hossain and Syed Sarwar Alam.
From the Green Panel, backed by Jamaat and NCP, SM Kamal Uddin is contesting for president and Md Abu Bakkar Siddique for general secretary. Other candidates include Senior Vice‑President Md. Shahidul Islam, Vice‑President Md Lutfur Rahman (Azad), Treasurer Md Azmat Hossain, Senior Joint Secretary Md Shaheen Akter, Joint Secretary Md Mehedi Hasan Bhuiyan, Library Secretary Md Shahadat Hossain, Cultural Secretary Bilkis Akter, Office Secretary Md Abdur Razzak, Sports Secretary Babul Akter (Babu), Welfare Secretary Md. Shahjahan Molla and Information and Communication Secretary Mostafizur Rahman Masud.
Ten members are also contesting from this panel, including Belal Hossain, Dilruba Akter Subarna, Zahirul Islam, Kawsar Ahmed, Md. Kaiyum Hossain, Md Mohsin Reza, Md Omar Faruk, Md Shah Alam, Md Yunus and Mosharraf Hossain.
In addition, eight independents are in the fray, including Mohammad Yunus Ali Biswas for president, Balai Chandra Dev and Mohammad Shahidullah for general secretary, Rafiqul Islam for treasurer, Dewan Abul Hossain for joint secretary, and Olida Begum for cultural secretary.
