Film Artistes Association election concludes at BFDC
28 January 2022, 07:49 pm | Updated: 27 November 2024, 10:33 pm
Voting in the 17th Bangladesh Film Artistes Association election was held on Friday at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) premises.UNB.
Starting at 9 am the voting in the biennale election were conducted under the strict security of police and Rab, along with added safety protocols due to the ongoing surge of COVID-19.
A total of 428 voters cast their votes to elect their desired candidates from the two competing panels of Ilias Kanchan-Nipun and Misha Sawdagor-Zayed Khan, while actors Don and Harbola participated as independent candidates. 184 artists were excluded from voting in this year’s election.
Thespian Pirzada Shahidul Harun is acting as the Chief Election Commissioner for this year’s election. He is accompanied by Zahid Hossain and BH Nishan as the other EC members.
