The ruling Awami League is to henceforth nominate its local party presidents and secretaries at ward levels as chairman and vice chairman of the managing committees of the government and registered primary schools.
The ruling Awami League and its associate bodies on Saturday began month-long mourning programmes marking the assassination of Bangladesh’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
With the exclusion of “pro-reform” leaders from ruling Awami League's leadership, BNP hardliners are now optimistic about the omission of its “pro-reform” leaders from the party committees.
Sheikh Hasina has said the presidium and the central working committee of her Awami League party reflected the opinions of the councillors.
Newly formed Awami League presidium, the highest policymaking body of the party, sits at 6:00pm at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Jamuna.
Ruling Awami League today announced a complete central committee keeping senior leaders Abdur Razzaq, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta outside.
Ruling Awami League's (AL) new constitution recognises Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (SCP), an organisation of doctors with an overwhelming number of government physicians, as an associated organisation, although the law for political parties' registration does not allow it.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said grassroots leaders and workers are the lifeblood of Awami League as they always stood consolidated at any political crisis and steered forward her party by mobilising public opinion.
The amended constitution of the Awami League has fixed new fees to be paid by its lawmakers to party funds, but it did not specify whether the payments will be monthly or annual.
Awami League will submit its permanent constitution to the Election Commission on Saturday, while the EC already received Jatiya Party's earlier in the day, officials said.
