New CEC, 4 election commissioners sworn in

Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners were sworn in this afternoon.

Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique administered their oaths at the Judges' Lounge of the Supreme Court at 4:30pm.

Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar moderated the function.

Judges of the Appellate Division, including Search Committee Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan, SC officials and Election Commission officials and newsmen, were present at the oath-taking ceremony.

Yesterday, President Md Abdul Hamid appointed former defence senior secretary Kazi Habibul Awal as CEC and four others as election commissioners.

The four election commissioners are: former district and sessions judge Rashida Sultana, Brig Gen (retd) Md Ahsan Habib Khan, former EC secretary Md Alamgir, and former energy and mineral resources division senior secretary Anisur Rahman.