Misha Sawdagar, Dipjol elected president, GS

Film actor Misha has been elected president while Dipjol general secretary of the artists' association. Chief Election Commissioner Khorshed Alam Khasru declared the election results around 6:45am on Saturday.

Misha secured 265 votes beating Mahmud Koli by 95 votes, and Dipjol bagged 225 votes beating Nipun by 209 votes.

The voting was held on Friday from 9:30am-6pm on the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) premises in the capital.

A total of 475 voters out of 570 cast their votes this year.

Among the other posts, Masum Pervez Rubel and D A Tayeb were elected vice presidents jointly, Arman as assistant general secretary, while Joy Chowdhury won the organising secretary post.