Live Correspondent: The Pro-Awami League Blue Panel teachers again gained a landslide victory in the Dhaka University Teachers' Association (DUTA) election on Thursday.

The Chief Election Commissioner Prof Sitesh Chandra Bachar announced the results at Dhaka University Club around 5:00 pm.

The Blue Panel bagged 14 posts out of the 15-member executive committee while its rival BNP and Jamaat-backed White Panel won only the Vice-president post of the committee.

Prof Nizamul Hoque Bhuiyan of the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science won the President post from Blue Panel, defeating Prof ABM Obaidul Islam of White Panel. Prof Bhuiyan bagged 819 votes while his rival Prof Islam got 384 votes.

In addition,  Prof Zeenat Huda of the Sociology department won the General Secretary post from Blue Panel defeating Prof Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman Khan of White Panel.  Prof Huda got 712 votes while Prof Rahman bagged 581 votes.

Prof Md Lutfar Rahman (White Panel) of the Statistics Department won the Vice-President post while Dr. Md Masudur Rahman of the Marketing Department and Dr. Abu Khaled Mohammad Khademul Haque of the Islamic History and Culture Department was elected Treasurer and Joint Secretary respectively.

Besides, Dr. Ziaur Rahman of the Criminology Department, Dr. AGM Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan of the Television Film and Photography Department, Dr. Md Amjad Ali of the History Department, Dr. Chandra Nath Podder of the Mathematics Department, Dr. Sharmin Musa of Zoology Department, Md Kamrul Islam of Chemistry Department.

Dr. Sharif Akhtaruzzaman of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Dr. KM Saiful Islam Khan of the Department of Persian Language and Literature, Dr. Maksudur Rahman of the Geography and Environment Department, and Dr. Ali Akkas of the Management Department were elected as executive members of the committee from Blue Panel tickets.

Dhaka, 29 December (campuslive24.com)// BIT