Published: 12:02 AM, 25 October 2026
Mir Jasim elected ERAB president, Salman and Nur jointly elected general secy
Mir Mohammad Jasim has been elected president of the Executive Committee of the Education Reporters Association, Bangladesh (ERAB) for the 2026-28 term.
The new committee was elected at the organisation's biennial general meeting held at a resort in Dhaka on Friday night, according to a press release issued on Saturday.
Senior reporter of New Age Soleiman Salman and Deputy Chief Reporter of Agamir Shomoy Nur Mohammad have been jointly elected general secretaries. They will serve for one year each during the two-year term of the Executive Committee.
The other elected office-bearers are - Motiur Rahman of NayaDiganta as vice-president, Asif Hasan Kajal of Khoborer Kagoj as joint general secretary, Najiur Rahman Sohel of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) as treasurer, Humayun Kabir of Daily Jugantor as organising secretary, and HasanAdib of Jago News as office and publicity secretary.
PiasSarkar of Daily Manabzamin and Farhad Bin Nur of Star News have been elected executive committee members.
MasudulHaque, special correspondent of UNB and president of the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum, served as chief election commissioner.
Former ERAB presidents SabbirNewaz and NizamulHaque were also present as members of the Election Commission.
Earlier, the annual general meeting was chaired by outgoing ERAB President FarukHossain, chief reporter of the daily Inqilab.
At the meeting, the members approved a decision to establish a welfare fund for ERAB members, alongside extending greetings to the newly elected office-bearers.
