Suraiya, Sathi president, gen secy of Mahila Sramik League

The executive committee of Mahila Sramik League has been announced for a two-year term with Suraiya Akhter and Kazi Rahima Akhter Sathi as the president and the general secretary respectively, reports BSS.

The committee was announced at the second session of the organisation's national conference on Saturday as per a unanimous decision of the councillors and delegates of all units, Awami League Deputy Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua told the news agency.

Earlier, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the second national conference of the Mahila Sramik League as the chief guest at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in the city in the morning.

Biplab Barua said Suraiya Akhter was the executive president while Kazi Rahima Akhter Sathi the organising secretary in the outgoing committee.

The outgoing committee's general secretary Begum Shamsunnahar Bhuiyan has been made the executive president, he added.

He said the leaders of the committee will announce a 45-member full-fledged committee within a week.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, party's Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Organising Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim and Deputy Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua attended the second session of the conference.