Maya, Kamrul, Liton become AL presidium members

PBC News: Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya Bir Bikram and Advocate Kamrul Islam–two members of the central working committee, and AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation, have been made new presidium members of Awami League.

They have been accommodated to three vacant posts of the party’s presidium members.

It was decided at a meeting of the Awami League’s central working committee held at the Prime Minister’s official residence Ganabhaban on Friday, with party president Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

The presidium is the highest policy-making body comprising 19 posts, including the president and general secretary of the Awami League. Three posts of the presidium fell vacant with the death of former Home Minister Mohammad Nasim, former Home Minister Advocate Sahara Khatun and former Law Minister Advocate Abdul Matin Khasru. The three leaders died during the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 17 leaders were included in the previously announced committee after the party’s National Convention in 2019. They are Sajeda Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Matia Chowdhury, Mohammad Nasim, Kazi Zafarullah, Sahara Khatun, Mosharraf Hossain, Piyush Kanti Bhattacharya, Nurul Islam Nahid, Abdur Razzak, Muhammad Farooq Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen, Abdul Mannan, Abdul Matin Khasru, Shahjahan Khan, Abdur Rahman and Jahangir Kabir Nanak.

Of them, Mohammad Nasim died on June 13, 2020, Sahara Khatun on July 9, 2020 and Abdul Matin Khasru on April 14 this year.