The newly elected President of AL and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared names of the board members at the second session of the council in the auditorium of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) this afternoon.

According to the AL Constitution, party President Sheikh Hasina herself is the chairman of the nomination board.

Other board members are Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Abul Hasnat Abdullah, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Dr Md Abdur Razzaque, Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Faruk Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen, Obaidul Quader, Md. Rashidul Alam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, Dr Hasan Mahmud, Mahbubul-Alam Hanif, Dr Dipu Moni and Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap.

He was replying to the queries of reporters at his residence after a keynote address at an online seminar organized by the Bangladesh Press Institute (PIB) on the occasion of National Mourning Day on Monday (August 30) afternoon.

In reaction to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s statement that the politics of disappearance started after the Awami League came to power, Hasan Mahmud said, “Zia had killed thousands of people including army members to make his power safe. People have been taken from prisons and killed. Mr Fakhrul and Mr Rizvi should remember how many people went missing at the hands of Ziaur Rahman.”

He further said, “Zia, who was deeply involved in the assassination of Bangabandhu, started the politics of assassination after taking power. Mahfuz Babu, the then general secretary of Dhaka Metropolitan Chhatra League, who protested against Bangabandhu’s assassination, and Maulavi Syed of Chittagong were not spared. Therefore, the leaders of his party (BNP) should not talk about disappearance.”

Hefazat Secretary General Nurul Islam Zihadi announced this before conducting the namaz-e-janaza of former Ammer Junayed Babunagari at the Hathazari Madrasa on Thursday night.

Over one lakh people joined the namaz-e-janaza of Junayed Babunagari held at 11.00 pm at Hathazari Madrasa.

Mohibullah Babunagari is the maternal uncle of Junayed Babunagari.

Born in February 1935, Mohibbullah Babunagari is a Deobandi Islamic scholar, politician and religious speaker.

Junayed Babunagari breathed his last at CSCR Hospital in Chattogram while undergoing treatment around 12:30pm on Thursday (August 19).

He was 67.

The BNP Chief left her Gulshan residence around 3:30pm for Mohakhali National Gastro liver Institute and Hospital on Monday (July 19).

Meanwhile, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Khaleda Zia’s personal officials accompanied her.

Earlier on July 8, Khaleda Zia registered for the vaccine through Surokkha Apps.

Born on 23 June 1949 in the historic Rose Garden at KM Das Lane of Old Dhaka, the Awami League is one of the oldest political parties in the subcontinent.

From the very beginning, Awami League has been leading the sociopolitical trend of the country amid different struggles and movements in the seven decades.

After the Liberation War, the party’s leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the Nation, began to build Bangladesh as a non-communal country.

In line with her father’s ideology, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is heading the country towards massive development.

On June 23, 1949, from a meeting of the supporters of Hussein Shaheed Suhrawardy at the Rose Garden of KM Das Lane, Old Dhaka, a new political party named Awami Muslim League was formed.

Coming out from Muslim League, progressive leaders and workers formed Awami Muslim League. It was the first opposition party in the then East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan).

Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani became the President, Shamsul Haq of Tangail as General Secretary while Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was made as Joint Secretary. In a process of secularization, the word “Muslim” was later dropped from the name of the party.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman came to the leadership of Awami League amid 1966 Council. Later, he became the unparallel leader of Bangalee nation and architect of Independent Bangladesh and Father of the Nation.

Awami League led the Mass Upsurge against the Pakistani occupied force in 1969, prompting to join the Liberation War in 1971 to free the people from the centuries-old subordination.

After the independence, Awami League was in power around three and a half years before the assassination of Bangabandhu and five years from 1996 to 2001 under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina and since 2009 general elections to present.

After the defeat in 2001 general election, Awami League waged successful movement against the then BNP-Jamaat led alliance government.
In 2007, military-backed caretaker government declared a state of emergency. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and top leaders of the party were arrested. As a result, the party was in crisis in this period.

But, overcoming all hurdles and hostilities, Awami League and grand alliance under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina achieved a landslide victory on December 29, 2008 national election.

On January 6, 2009, grand alliance led by Awami League formed government. Sheikh Hasina became prime minister for third times when Awami League formed government after winning the January 5, 2014 general elections.

In the general election on December 30 in 2018, the Awami League won the election and formed government for a record third straight term. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina became the prime minister for the fourth time and third in a row.

The ruling Awami League (AL) has taken limited scale programme marking its 72nd founding anniversary.

The BNP Chief will leave the hospital on Saturday evening (June 19).

The hospital authority said that her discharge papers are being ready.

He said this while addressing a press conference at party chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital on Monday (June 14) noon.

Fakhrul said, “As far as I know from the doctors, she (Khaleda Zia) has cardiovascular problems. If that problem does not go away, the way water gets into her lungs will not stop. That’s why they (doctors) think, her kidneys and liver are not functioning properly. She suffering from intermittent fever. She had fever yesterday (Sunday).”

Expressing gratitude to the doctors of Evercare Hospital, Mirza Fakhrul said, “They are trying their best. What they are saying again and again is that our hospitals are not equipped. She should be taken to the Advance Center for treatment.”

BNP Chief Khaleda Zia is undergoing treatment at the Evercare Hospital under a 10-member medical team led by cardiology specialist Shahabuddin Talukder.

Khaleda Zia was admitted to the hospital on April 27 due to various complexities of Post-Covid. She was shifted to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) on May 3 as he had shortness of breath. After a month on June 3, she was shifted to cabin by the doctors’ suggestion as she came round. Earlier, she contracted with the coronavirus infection.

Shamim Iskandar, younger brother of Khaleda Zia, met Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal at his Dhanmondi residence and handed an application to him on Wednesday (May 5) night.

In response to the application, the home minister told risingbd that: “The government will consider positively the application seeking permission to send Khaleda Zia abroad for her better treatment if it is urgent.”

The application would be sent to the Law Ministry at the earliest, he added.

Khaleda Zia tested positive for Covid-19 twice in a month – on April 10 and April 24. Her blood report and CT scan results were normal.

She was moved to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) at Evercare Hospital on Monday after complaining of breathing and other complications.

She was admitted to the capital’s Evercare Hospital on Tuesday (April 27) night.

According to her personal physicians, Khaleda Zia was admitted to hospital after city scan.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Khaleda Zia was taken to hospital for her health checkup. Nothing is to be worried. She went to the hospital for regular health checkup. Her health condition is unchanged. No complexity was found with her health.

Khaleda Zia tested coronavirus positive for second time on April 24.

After examining her health condition on the night of Wednesday (April 21), Dr Zahid Hossain said, “Khaleda Zia’s health condition has improved further today on the 14th day of her coronavirus infection. She had no fever in the last three days. She has normal body temperature as her fever subsided. Her chest is clear and she has no coughing. She is finding taste in food and her oxygen level is alright.”