AL’s 21st National Council in October

Senior Correspondent: The National Council of Bangladesh Awami League will be held in October this year.

However, the final date has yet not been fixed immediately.

The decision was taken in a meeting of the Awami League (AL) Presidium chaired by PM Sheikh Hasina held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the prime minister, on Friday afternoon.

AL Office Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap confirmed the news after meeting.

Against the backdrop of a number of fire incidents in the country in recent time, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked all concerned to follow “building code” properly in constructing buildings and other establishments.

“The building owners and users will have to take appropriate measures about overall safety to check accidents, including fire,” she said in the meeting.

In this connection, Sheikh Hasina, also the AL president, instructed the government agencies to enhance their strict vigilances about overall safety of the life and property.

“Special importance will also have to be given to raise mass awareness to this end,” she added.

The meeting decided to form eight teams for celebrating birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and strengthening organisational activities ahead of the upcoming council of the party.

These teams comprising members of the advisory council and presidium as well as the leaders of central working committee of the party will monitor activities of the eight organisational divisions and the grassroots councils and make the activities dynamic.

It also took a decision to draw up elaborate programmes to celebrate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation from the party. For this the party will observe programmes throughout the year and publish books in this regard.

From the meeting directives have been given to the concerned to prepare a report and take actions against the ministers, MPs and party leaders who are not working for the party-nominated candidates in different local government elections.

AL Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Mohammad Nasim, Kazi Zafarullah, Advicate Sahara Khatun, Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya, Nurul Islam Nahid, Dr Abdur Razzaque, Col (retd) Faruk Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen and Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan, office secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap and deputy office secretary Barrister Biplab Barua were present at the meeting.

risingbd/Dhaka/March 29, 2019/Reza/AKA