AL Set to Elect New Committee

Councillors of ruling Awami League have gathered at the Institute of Engineers today morning to elect the next committee of the party for three years.

The second day of the party’s two-day national council commenced at 10:30am.

Sheikh Hasina will remain as the party’s president for the ninth straight term as there is still no alternative to her, said party sources.

Some 7,500 Councillors from across the country attended the council session.

The 21st triennial national council-2019 of the country’s oldest political party kicked off on Friday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the two-day council.

Some 15,000 councilors and delegates are taking part in it. Leaders of other political parties and representatives of various professions also joined the inaugural session.

Sheikh Hasina has been at the helm of Awami League since 1981, which was founded at Rose Garden in Dhaka on June 23, 1949.