In 1982, Ershad usurped state power as Chief Martial Law Administrator by removing Abdus Sattar-led government through a bloodless coup, and 3 days later he installed Justice Abul Fazl Mohammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury as President. Ershad assumed country’s Presidency in 1983. Following a nationwide mass movement, he was finally forced to step down in 1990.

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today passed away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka at the age of 89. His body will be flown to Rangpur tomorrow so that local leaders and activists can pay homage to him. He will be buried on Tuesday.

BNP directs the party’s leaders and activists across the country to stand beside the flood-affected people with relief materials.

BNP Standing Committee Member Khondaker Mosharraf Hossain says the waterlogging in the country’s two major cities --Dhaka and Chattogram --is an “outcome of the government’s tide of development”.

Reaffirming that corruption will not be tolerated, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the top government officials to keep more vigil against corruption so that this menace does not affect the country's development in any way.

Jatiya Party appoints its Presidium Member Sunil Shubho Roy as the press and political secretary to the acting party chairman GM Quader.

Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid appoints Imran Ahmed, Awami League lawmaker of Sylhet-4 constituency, as minister and Begum Fazilatun Nessa, woman MP from reserved seat-23, as state minister.

The physical condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, who is undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka, has remained unchanged, says his brother GM Quader.

Workers Party lawmaker Rashed Khan Menon has expressed his utter disappointment in the parliament for not accepting his proposal for allowing MPs to discuss on the recent hike of gas price in the House.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader warns of stern action against the people who are spreading rumour on “human sacrifice” for Padma Bridge construction.

President Abdul Hamid gives his assent to three bills adopted in the budget session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has told parliament that twenty to thirty per cent hospitals of the country do not have any fire extinguishing system.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has urged all concerned to be careful and sincere so that the people involved in the incidents of torture and rape of women and children cannot get bail from the High Court.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has told parliament that the country’s governance system will be decentralised by the year 2041 as the country will turn into a developed one by this time.

Parliament reconstitutes five parliamentary standing committees incorporating BNP and Gonoforum MPs as members in those parliamentary watchdogs.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir slams the prime minister for her explanation on gas price hike and said the price has been increased to ensure the interest of some people within the ruling quarter in the name of development.

Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) will hold a meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on July 11.

The health condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is unchanged.

Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, former Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-3 (Ghatail) constituency, walks out of Tangail District Jail on bail after 34 months in two district Jubo League activists murder case.