Sylhet Press Club has elected its new executive committee for the 2026–2027 term. Muktabis-un-Noor, editor of daily Jalalabad, has been elected president, while Muhammad Sirajul Islam, chief reporter of daily Sylheter Dak, has been elected general secretary.
Voting took place at the press club building on Thursday (1 January) afternoon, and the results were announced in the evening.
According to the announced results, Muktabis-un-Noor received 54 votes for the position of Press Club president. His closest contender, Ekramul Kabir, bureau chief of Somoy Television and the current club president, received 36 votes.
With this, Noor has been elected president of the Press Club for the seventh time.
For the post of general secretary, Sirajul Islam was elected with 58 votes. His nearest rival, Yahia Fazal, bureau chief of Kaler Kantho, received 32 votes.
In other posts, M A Hannan, executive editor of daily Sylhet Bani, has been elected senior vice-president, and Md. Faysal Alam, executive editor of daily Shubho Protidin, has been elected vice-president. Foysol Amin, Sylhet Bureau chief of the daily Inqilab, has been elected treasurer. Khaled Ahmed, Sylhet correspondent of Desh Television, has been elected joint general secretary, while Sheikh Ashraful Alam Nasir, senior photojournalist of The Daily Star, has become sports secretary. Md. Muhibur Rahman, Sylhet correspondent of daily Nawroj, has been elected library and publication secretary.
The newly elected members are Muhammad Amzad Hossain of Bangladesh Betar, Anas Habib Collins, senior reporter of daily Sylheter Dak, and Abdul Awal Shipar, Sylhet correspondent of Mohona Television.
The election commission was chaired by Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam, along with Advocate Md. Erfanuzzaman Chowdhury and Advocate Sanatu Das.
Earlier in the morning, the general meeting of the 2024–2025 session was held at the Aminur Rashid Chowdhury auditorium.