Dhaka, April 27 -- The Overseas Correspondents Association Bangladesh (OCAB), a platform of Dhaka-based journalists working for foreign media, has got a new leadership through election.

A committee was formed after the election which was held following the organisation's general meeting at the National Press Club on Friday, according to UNB.

Members elected German news agency DPA's Nazrul Islam Mithu and Bureau Chief of Associated Press (AP) Julhas Alam as the new president and general secretary respectively.

The general meeting was chaired by convener of the organisation Qadir Kallol. The election was conducted by senior journalists Shahjahan Sardar and Qadir Kallol, said a press release.

Shafiqul Alam of AFP was elected vice-Preside...