The Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) on Friday elected Shah Alam and Ruhin Hossain Prince as its president and general secretary respectively.
The decision was taken on Friday at a meeting of the CPB central committee at the
the central office of the party in Dhaka, said a CPB press release on Friday.
Mihir Ghosh was elected as assistant general secretary, added the release.
Shahin Rahman, Shamsuzzaman Selim, AN Rasheda were also included in the six-
member presidium body of the party for the next four years.
Shah Alam was the general secretary of the outgoing committee while Prince was a secretariat member.
Previous president Mujahidul Islam Selim served two terms in a row. Before becoming its president, he was the general secretary of the party.