19-member BNP standing committee announced
12th Dec'09

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia announced 19-member standing committee inducting 12 new faces in and dropping two from the highest decision-making body of the party. Names of eight joint secretaries general, including a senior joint secretary general, was also declared after five days of the party's national council that had made Khaleda its chairperson for the third consecutive term. Khaleda also approved a decision to let incumbent secretary general Advocate Khandker Delwar Hossain continue his responsibilities until the election of a new secretary general, a party statement said.

As it was expected, reformist leaders were not given any berth in the standing committee as well as in the panel of eight-member joint secretaries general.

Khaleda made the announcement of the standing committee and names of the joint secretaries general in line with the power entrusted to her by the 5th national council of the party.

The standing committee members and the joint secretaries general will hold the office for a three-year term, the statement said.

The committee members are:


Begum Khaleda Zia,
Dr RA Gani,
Dr Khandker Mosharraf Hossain,
Barrister Maudud Ahmed,
M Shamsul Islam,
Advocate Khandker Delwar Hossain,
Lt Gen (rtd) Mahbubur Rahman,
Tariqul Islam,
Brig Gen (rtd) ASM Hannan Shah,
MK Anwar,
Sarwari Rahman,
Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar,
Mirza Abbas,
Gayshwar Chandra Roy,
Dr Moyen Khan,
Nazrul Islam Khan,
Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia,
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury,
Senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman (ex-officio).



The 12 new faces in the standing committee are:


Tariqul Islam,
Brig Gen (rtd) ASM Hannan Shah,
MK Anwar,
Sarwari Rahman,
Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar,
Mirza Abbas,
Gayshwar Chandra Roy,
Dr Moyen Khan,
Nazrul Islam Khan,
Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia,
Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury,
Senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman.


Matin Chowdhury and Advocate Khondker Mahbub Uddin Khan are the two leaders dropped out of the all-powerful committee.

Khaleda made Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir as the new senior joint secretary general in place of the just promoted Tarique Rahman. Tarique, also the eldest son of Khaleda Zia, has been made the vice-chairman of the party in its latest council.

The seven earlier other joint secretaries general are:


Amanullah Aman,
Mizanur Rahman Minu,
Barkatullah Bhulu,
Mohammad Shahjahan,
Salahuddin Ahmed,
Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokan,
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed (incumbent office secretary)


The decision to let Khandaker Delwar continue as the secretary general is seen as the primary victory of Delwar camp as a large faction in the party opposed his reelection to the post. But with his induction into to the standing committee, chances for Khandker Delwar to retain the post apparently faded out.

BNP names full-fledged committee
02-01-2010

The much-awaited full-pledged 386-member central national executive committee of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party was officially announced Friday night.

The BNP senior joint secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, announced the full-pledged national executive committee and the 32-member BNP chairperson’s advisory council at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office at 8:50pm.
The full-pledged national executive committee:

Chairperson
Khaleda Zia,

Senior Vice-Chairman
Tarique Rahman,

Vice-chairmen
Justice TH Khan,
M Morshed Khan,
Shah Moazzem Hossain,
Rabeya Chowdhury,
Altaf Hossain Chowdhury,
Harun-or-Rashid,
Abdullah Al Noman,
Chowdhury Kamal-ibne-Yusuf,
Selima Rahman,
Hafizuddin Ahmed,
Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka,
Kazi Shah Mofazzel Hossain Kaikobad MP,
Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury,
Razia Fayez ,
Abdus Salam Pintu.

Secretary General-
Khandaker Delwar Hossain.

Senior Joint Secretary General-
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir,

Treasurer-
Abdul Mannan.

Joint Secretary General-
> Amanullah Aman,
> Mizanur Rahman Minu,
> Barkatullah Bulu MP,
> Mohmmad Shahjahan,
> Salahuddin Ahmed,
> Mahbubuddin Khokon
> Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

Divisional Organising Secretaries:
Dhaka
> Fazlul Huq Milon
Chittagong
> Golam Akbar Khandaker
Khulna
> Mashiur Rahman
Rajshahi
> Harunur Rashid
Barisal
> Mojibur Rahman Sarwar
Sylhet
> Elias Ali

Secretary on Special Duty-
> Nadim Mostafa,

Publicity Secretary-
> Zainul Abdin Farruque MP.

International Affairs Secretaries:
> Giasuddin Quader Chowdhury,
> Asuduzzaman Ripon,
> Lutfar Rahman Khan Azad,
> Mir M Nasiruddin,
> Ehsanul Huq Milon
> Zakaria Taher Suman
> Kamruddin Ahmed.

The names of 265 executive committee members were also declared.

Earlier, on December 13, the names of a 19-member national standing committee, the party’s highest policymaking body, and eight joint secretaries general, including one senior joint secretary general of the national executive committee were announced with approval of the incumbent secretary general as secretary general until the new secretary general is elected.

On December 8, during the fifth national council of the BNP, the party councillors from across the country unanimously elected Tarique Rahman, now in the UK for treatment, as its senior vice-chairman.

The councillors also empowered Khaleda Zia who was reelected unopposed as party chairperson on December 4 to elect the members of standing committee, national executive committee and other bodies.

‘After 23 days of consultation with all concerned, the BNP chairperson accomplished her assigned responsibility to elect the full-fledged national executive committee and the advisory council body of the BNP chairperson,’ said a senior party leader.

‘New faces, particularly those who were with the party at its bad and crucial time during the last military-backed caretaker government as well as former JCD leaders have been incorporated in the new committee for a three-year term. Leaders known as reformists were also accommodated in the executive committee,’ the BNP leader said.

Those included in the advisory council are:

> Khandaker Mahbubuddin Ahmed,
> Harun-or-Rashid Khan Munnu,
> Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury,
> Reaz Rahman,
> Shahjahan Omar,
> Mahmudul Hasan,
> Sayeed Eskander,
> Osman Farruq,
> Ukil Abdus Sattar,
> Professor Abdul Mannan,
> Fazlur Rahman Patal,
> Mosaddek Ali Falu,
> Mosharraf Hossain MP,
> Musfiqur Rahman,
> Enam Ahmed Chowdhury,
> Abdul Awal Mintu,
> Khandaker Mahbub Hossain,
> AJ Mohammad Ali,
> Nurul Islam,
> Professor Majidul Islam,
> Ahmed Azam Khan,
> Shamsuzzman Dudu,
> Abdul Hye,
> Ruhul Alam,
> Sabihuddin Ahmed,
> Jatiya Press club president Shawkat Mahmud,
> Zohurul Islam,
> Haider Ali,
> MA Quyum,
> Khandaker Shahidul Alam,
> Sujauddin,
> Professor Zahid Hossain.