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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. 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, Prof. Dr Morshed Hasan Khan (Assistant Training Affairs Secretary) to Mass Education Secretary, Agriculturist Shamimur Rahman Shamim (Assistant Publicity Secretary) to Research Affairs Secretary, Amirul Islam Khan Alim (Assistant Publicity Secretary) to Assistant Organizational Secretary of Rajshahi Division, Nazrul Islam Azad (Assistant International Affairs Secretary) to Assistant Organizing Secretary Dhaka Division, Executive Committee member Prof Aminul Islam to Assistant Organizing Secretary Rangpur Division, Executive Committee member Barrister Mir Helal Uddin to Assistant Organizing Secretary Chattogram Division, Abu Wahab Akand to Assistant Organizing Secretary Mymensingh Division, and Miftah Siddiqui to Assistant Organizing Secretary Sylhet Division.

Nahid Khan (President, Georgia BNP, USA) has been appointed the party’s Assistant International Affairs Secretary, Dr. Shah Muhammad Aman Ullah as Assistant Health Affairs Secretary, and SM Saif Ali as Assistant Information & Technology Affairs Secretary. BNP assistant organizing secretaries Jalal Uddin Majumder, Syed Jahangir Alam, Saidul Haque Sayeed, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Farooque (Assistant Agricultural Affairs Secretary), and SM Ghalib (Assistant ICT Affairs Secretary) have been removed from their existing posts and made executive committee members of the party. Koysor M Ahmed (UK BNP General Secretary), Mohiuddin Ahmed Jhintu (Sweden), Gazi Monir (Denmark), and Rashed Iqbal Khan (former Acting President, Chhatra Dal) have been made members of the party’s National Executive Committee.