First day of two-day voting of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) polls of 2023-2024 tenure ended at 5pm today (Mar 15).

The voting started at around 12 noon and went on uninterrupted till 5pm.

Convener of SCBA election sub-committee Md Moniruzzaman said tomorrow the voting will start at 10am and will continue till 5pm, with one-hour recess in the middle.

The first day of voting witnessed chaotic situations, including clashes between the supporters of two panels and vandalising of polling booths by the pro-BNP lawyers.

At one stage, police entered the Shaheed Shafiur Rahman Auditorium to move out the protesting lawyers of pro-BNP panel that led to a clash leave some journalists injured.

BDST: 2042 HRS, MAR 15, 2023
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