Shah Alam, Ruhin Hossain new president, general secretary of CPB

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.