Khasru, Fakhrul, Salahuddin make way into BNP standing committee

The party announces full list of executive and standing committee members

Mirza Fakhrul, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed, who is now in India, gets entry in the 19-member standing committee of BNP. Star file photos

UNB, Dhaka

BNP today announced its full list of executive and standing committee members, four and a half months after its national council was held on March 19.

Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the committees at a press briefing at BNP's Nayaplatan central office in Dhaka.

According to the fresh list, BNP’s central executive committee has been constituted of 502 members and 35 vice chairmen and 73 advisers, Fakhrul said.

UNB adds: Mirza Fakhrul, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed, who is now in India, got entry in the 19-member standing committee.

However, two posts --17 and 18 number positions in the BNP policymaking body -- will be announced later.

At the BNP national council held in the city, party councillors endorsed Khaleda Zia as party chairperson and her son Tarique Rahman as senior vice chairman.

They also entrusted Khaleda with the responsibility to constitute the party executive committee and stranding committee.

Earlier, the party unveiled the names for 41 posts, including that for secretary-general, senior joint secretary-general, treasurer, joint secretaries general, organising secretaries and assistant organising secretaries.

However, some changes were brought in the earlier declared posts.