Bar council polls today

The election to Bangladesh Bar Council, the licencing and regulatory body for lawyers, will be held today.

About 43,302 lawyers will elect the 14-member executive body, with equal general and regional seats, from 61 contestants, the council's Assistant Director Nazmul Ahsan told The Daily Star yesterday.

Some Supreme Court lawyers say the main contest will be between two panels -- the ruling Awami League-backed Sammilito Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad (SASP) and pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Panel (JAOP).

Votes will be cast from 10:00am to 5:00pm at 77 polling centres including on the SCBA premises in Dhaka and on the other district court compounds.