Dhaka: Newly elected President of Awami League Sheikh Hasina on Sunday announced the names of party presidium members, joint secretaries and treasurer.
Sheikh Hasina announced the names of 16 presidium members, four joint general secretaries and treasurer just after being elected the party president for the eighth consecutive time on the second day of the party’s 20th council held at the Institute of Engineers in the city. UNB News Agency Reported.
The 16 presidium members are – Sheikh Hasina (ex-officio as president), Obaidul Quader (ex-officio as general secretary), Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Mohammad Nasim, Kazi Zafarullah, Syed Ashraful Islam, adv Sahara Khatun, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Nurul Islam Nahid, Dr Abdur Razzak, Faruk Khan, Abdul Mannan Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya.
The four joint secretaries are Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif, Dr Dipu Moni MP, adv Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman while the treasurer is Ashiqur Rahman.
Earlier, Dr Abdur Razzak, convener of constitution sub-committee of the council, presented amendments to the party constitution which was passed by its councillors.
According to the amendments, the number of presidium members will be increased to 19, including party president and general secretary, from the existing 15 while that of joint secretaries to 4 from the existing three. Besides, there will be eight organising secretaries in place of seven.
