BNP Plans Month-long Agitation-Muhammed Sohul HussainStar Online Report

BNP Plans Month-long Agitation



The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday last announced a month-long agitation programme against the 'misrule' of the Awami League-led government.
According to the programmes, the party would organise rallies at all upazila headquarters from Friday. The programmes would centrally be coordinated by a committee formed for the purpose.
Announcing the programme at a briefing at the party's central office, BNP's joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said the party had chalked out the programmes to register its protest against 'oppression' and 'misrule'.
'Brazen interference in the judiciary, price hike of essentials, deteriorating law and order, harassment of the opposition activists by indicting them in "false" cases have prompted the opposition to announce the action programme,' he said.
The decision on the month-long programme was taken in a meeting of the standing committee held recently.
In response to a question Rizvi denied there was infighting in the party. 'There is no infighting but competition in the party.'
The BNP leader also warned the government against any attempts to obstruct the agitation programme.
Khaleda Zia's adviser AZM Zahid Hossain, party's finance secretary Abdus Salam, religious affairs secretary Masud Ahmed Talukder and Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal general secretary Shirin Sultana attended the briefing.

Source:ET)

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Muhammed Sohul HussainStar Online Report
The High Court on Thursday exempted Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain from personal appearance to this court in connection with a contempt of court petition against him.
An HC bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and Justice Sheikh Md Zakir Hossain passed the order after Sohul submitted an application through his lawyer in the morning.
The HC however fixed October 10 for hearing the contempt of court rule against him.
Sohul Hussain made the prayer for exemption as the Appellate Division earlier in the morning asked them to settle the petition in the HC filed by him.
Sohul on Tuesday challenged the HC order that had directed him to appear before it on October 7 in connection with the contempt of court petition.
Ruling Awami League lawmaker MK Alamgir on September 28 filed the contempt of court petition against Sohul for his comment regarding the HC order staying the effectiveness of an Election Commission (EC) gazette that had declared the constituency vacant.
(Source:Daily Star)

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX