BNP reshuffles 39 posts in advisory council and nat'l executive body

In a new move to overhaul the party, BNP reshuffled 39 leaders in various positions within the party's advisory council and national executive committee on Saturday, reports UNB.

The announcement was made through a press release signed by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

On Thursday night, BNP dissolved its committees in Dhaka north and south, Chattogram, and Barisal city units. Similarly, Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal committee, led by Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and Munayem Munna, was also dissolved.

According to the press release, Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon, the party's secretary (special duty), has been promoted to Vice Chairman, while former MP Jahiruddin Swapan became a member of the BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council.

BNP joint secretary generals Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Mojibur Rahman Sarwar, Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, and Lion Aslam Chowdhury have been elevated to the post of Chairperson's Advisory Council members.

Additionally, Ruhul Quddus Talukdar Dulu (BNP's Rajshahi Division Organising Secretary), Dr Sakhawat Hasan Jiban (Sylhet Division Organising Secretary), Baby Nazneen (Assistant International Affairs Secretary), and Engineer Khaled Hossain Chowdhury (Assistant ICT Affairs Secretary) have been appointed as members of the Advisory Council.

Advocate Abdus Salam Azad (BNP's Dhaka Division Organising Secretary), Syed Emran Saleh Prince (Mymensingh Division Organising Secretary), and Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee (party's publicity affairs secretary) have been made joint secretary generals.

Kazi Syedul Alam Babul (party's Dhaka Division Assistant Organising Secretary) has been appointed Organising Secretary of the division, Advocate Syed Shaheen Shawkat Khalek (Rajshahi Division Assistant Organising Secretary) as the Organising Secretary of the division, Shariful Alam (Mymensingh Division Assistant Organising Secretary) as the Organising Secretary of the division, and GK Gouch (Cooperative Affairs Secretary) as Sylhet Division Organising Secretary.

Meanwhile, Sultan Salauddin Tuku (president of the dissolved Jubo Dal committee) has been promoted to the post of BNP Publicity Secretary, and Prof. Dr Morshed Hasan Khan (Assistant Training Affairs Secretary) to Mass Education Secretary.