Mithu, Julhas elected OCAB president, general secretary

Nazrul Islam Mithu from the German news agency DPA and Julhas Alam, the Bureau Chief of Associated Press (AP), have been elected as president and general secretary, respectively, of the Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB). OCAB is a platform of Dhaka-based journalists working for foreign media.

After the organization's general meeting at the National Press Club on Friday, the committee was established following the election. Qadir Kallol, the convener of the organization, chaired the general meeting.

The election was conducted by senior journalists Shahjahan Sardar and Qadir Kallol, according to a press release.

Shafiqul Alam of AFP was elected vice-President while Naeem-ul-Karim of Xinhua and Pulak Ghatak of Benar News elected as joint-secretary and treasurer, respectively of the organisation.

Besides, Harun Habib, Farid Hossain, Rafiqur Rahman, Parveen F Chowdhury, Mir Sabbir, and Kamran Reza Chowdhury, senior members of the organization, were elected as executive members of the new committee. Some amendment proposals of the organization's constitution and other organizational proposals were accepted unanimously in the general meeting.

At the start of the meeting, the OCAB members adopted a condolence motion on the deaths of some members of the organisation and one minute silence was observed for the peace of their departed souls.