Dhaka Bar Association's 2nd-day voting underway

The two-day election's last day voting of Dhaka Bar Association is underway.

The voting, which began at 9AM on Thursday, will continue until 5PM. There will be a one-hour pause in voting during the day.

The Awami League-backed Sada Dal panel (White Panel) is not contesting the polls this time. Instead, the contest is now between lawyers backed by the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, who had been in alliance for more than two decades, but are now competing against each other.

The BNP and Gono Odhikar Parishad-backed Blue Panel is facing off against the Green Panel, which is supported by Jamaat and the National Citizen Party (NCP).

 A total of 55 candidates are vying for the 23 posts in this election. Of them, 46 candidates are from the BNP and Jamaat-backed panels -- 23 each -- and the remaining nine are independents.

Nearly 21,731 lawyers are expected to cast their ballots to elect the new leadership.