Qawmi Madrasa Education Board gets new chairman
Published : 03 Oct 2020, 18:32
Sahos Desk
As the new chairman of the Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Board (Befaq), Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, principal of Jatrabari Madrasa in the capital, was chosen.
Mahmudul Hasan, a former Gulshan Azad Mosque Khatib in Dhaka and also regarded as an Islamic pro-government scholar, won 63 votes, while his opponent Nur Hossain Kasemi, a top leader of the 20-party alliance led by the BNP, received 55 votes.
In the election held at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasa Education Board in Kajla, Jatrabari, the representatives of Majlish e Amela (Executive Committee) and Majlish e Surah took part.