Hasina for including leaders above 60 in AL advisory council only

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No leader above the age of 60 years will be allowed to remain a member of the Awami League (AL) presidium or central working committee (CWC), reports bdnews24.com.
After a meeting with AL chief Sheikh Hasina at her Sudha Sadan home Tuesday, her special assistant Hasan Mahmud told reporters, "All leaders above 60 will be accommodated in the advisory council."
He said the party president will start discussions among the leaders after the ban on indoor politics is lifted.
Mahmud said, "Sheikh Hasina is regarded as the heart and soul of the party by leaders and workers."
"So nobody thinks of reform excluding her. In fact reformists think no reform is possible without Sheikh Hasina."
The AL also thanked the US government for the deportation of Bangabandhu murder convict AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed.
Taskforce won't probe
cases against Hasina
Meanwhile, Communications Adviser MA Matin Tuesday said that no taskforce would investigate extortion cases against AL president Sheikh Hasina.
"These are not corruption cases, rather they are extortion cases. No taskforce will be assigned to probe the cases," chairman of the national coordination committee on checking serious crimes told reporters at the Communications Ministry.
On whether the government was forcing political parties on reforms, Matin said, "It's not a matter of coercion. I don't know if the government has any intention to impose it."
Matin faced a barrage of questions on travel restrictions on the AL chief who was not allowed to go to the US to see her relatives.
The adviser was also pressed to comment on the rumoured flight of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid out of the country, despite an extortion case against him.
Matin ruled out the charges of double standards and said, "Law is equal to all."