Jatiya Party (JP)

Lessons from the five city corporation elections

How should we view these elections in light of the upcoming national elections?

Dalia’s defeat: What really failed AL in Rangpur City?

Did anyone expect that the ruling party candidate would lose her security deposit or manage to bag only eight percent of the votes?

Quader must not be in JP decision making

A Dhaka court yesterday said the injunction barring Jatiya Party chief GM Quader from making any political decision of the party would remain in force.

After Ranga, now Ziaul Huq Mridha removed from all JP posts

After Jatiya Party presidium member Mashiur Rahman Ranga’s expulsion, JP chairman’s adviser Ziaul Huq Mridha has been removed from all party posts.

How fares the opposition in Bangladesh?

The prime minister had made a very profound and significant remark at the beginning of this month on the state of the opposition in the country.

Zia, Ershad formed BNP, JP to legitimise seizing power illegally: Joy

The track record of illegally seizing state power cost the legitimacy of the opposition parties, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy said, condemning the parties for their lack of involvement with democracy.

Jatiya Party picks candidates for Dhaka-5, Naogaon-6 by-elections

Jatiya Party today nominated Mir Abdus Sabur Asud and Kazi Golam Kabir to contest in the Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-elections.

Manju, Shahidul re-elected chairman, general secretary of JP (Manju)

Anwar Hossain Manju and Sheikh Shahidul Islam are re-elected chairman and general secretary respectively of Jatiya Party (Manju) for next three years at the party’s triennial council at capital’s Institution of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh.

JP appoints 7 co-chairmen

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader appoints Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud MP as the party’s senior co-chairman.

December 23, 2017
December 23, 2017

People want change in power: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the Rangpur city polls result manifested that people want to get rid of killing, enforced disappearance and corruption.

June 23, 2016
June 23, 2016

JP lawmaker calls for Muhith's resignation

A Jatiya Party lawmaker calls for Finance Minister AMA Muhith’s resignation at parliament alleging that he failed to maintain discipline in the financial sector.

June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016

After Ashraf, JP MP also criticises Inu

Opposing induction of JSD leader Hasanul Huq Inu as a minister, Jatiya Party lawmaker Kazi Firoz Rashid expresses his fear that the prime minister might even bring some secret killers to the parliament someday.

June 5, 2016
June 5, 2016

Budget difficult to implement: Raushan

Terming the proposed 2016-17 national budget “highly ambitious”, Opposition Leader in the parliament Raushan Ershad says it will be very difficult to implement this big size budget.

May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016

Salim Osman won’t attend JS if he has any self-respect: Nasim

Health Minister Mohammad Nasim says Jatiya Party lawmaker Salim Osman will refrain from joining the parliament sessions “if he has any self-respect”.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Ershad, Raushan re-elected JP chief, senior co-chair uncontested

HM Ershad is re-elected as Jatiya Party chairman and his wife Raushan Ershad senior co-chairman uncontested. The councillors also re-elected GM Quader as co-chairman of the party.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

JP MPs walk out protesting HC verdict

Jatiya Party lawmakers walk out from the parliament protesting the placing of a bill on Supreme Court judges’ remuneration in a show of displeasure over scrapping of a constitutional amendment that empowered parliament to impeach SC judges.

March 22, 2016
March 22, 2016

Ershad’s JP complains to EC over UP voting

Parliamentary opposition Jatiya Party files a complaint with the Election Commission dissatisfied with the voting at union parishad election.

March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016

Ershad made me acting chairman to avoid arrest: Mahmud

Jatiya Party Presidium Member Anisul Islam Mahmud says that party chief HM Ershard appointed him as the party’s acting chairman after the 1/11 political changeover in 2007 in a bid to avert arrest.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Stern action for violation of party decisions: Ershad

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad warns party leaders and activists of stern action if they do not comply with party decisions.