Jatiya Party (JP)

Lessons from the five city corporation elections

How should we view these elections in light of the upcoming national elections?
24 June 2023, 13:00 PM

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?
30 December 2022, 14:00 PM

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.
17 November 2022, 02:00 AM

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.
17 September 2022, 15:05 PM

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.
23 April 2022, 18:00 PM

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.
23 April 2022, 07:09 AM

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.
12 September 2020, 09:31 AM

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.
4 January 2020, 10:53 AM

JP appoints 7 co-chairmen

Jatiya Party chairman GM Quader appoints Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud MP as the party’s senior co-chairman.
29 December 2019, 15:37 PM

Raushan chief patron of JP, highest power will remain in GM Quader’s hand

In a major change, the main opposition Jatiya Party amends its charter in a bid to give Raushan Ershad the highest rank and honour from the party through creating a new post ‘chief patron’.
27 December 2019, 14:32 PM

Raushan may get special post

The Jatiya Party may introduce a special post for Raushan Ershad, its senior co-chairperson and opposition leader, at the upcoming
24 December 2019, 18:00 PM

Raushan opposition leader in JS, GM Quader deputy

Ending weeklong series of drama and tension in the main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party senior co-chairman Raushan Ershad has been made Leader of the Opposition while its chairman GM Quader as deputy leader of the opposition.
9 September 2019, 13:08 PM

JP moves to curtail party chairman’s special powers

The Jatiya Party is considering curtailing the special powers of its chairman mentioned in the party charter.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Quader writes speaker to make Raushan opposition leader of JS

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader hands over a letter to speaker of the parliament requesting her to appoint Raushan Ershad as leader of the opposition in the House.
8 September 2019, 16:01 PM

Jatiya Party now united, claims Ranga

Jatiya Party Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga claims all members of his party are now united and there is no more partition within it.
8 September 2019, 07:27 AM

Rangpur-3 by polls: Saad Ershad collects JP nomination form

Rahgir Al Mahi alias Saad Ershad, the eldest son of late Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, buys the party’s nomination form to contest the Rangpur-3 by-polls that fell vacant following his father’s death.
3 September 2019, 14:06 PM

Ershad recovering quickly: Doctors

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is recovering quickly and his health is being considered much better today, the party’s acting Chairman GM Quader said quoting his physicians.
29 June 2019, 06:14 AM

Tk 43 lakh ‘stolen’ from Ershad's office

Miscreants break into Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad's Banani office and steal Tk 43 lakh in cash, claim leaders of the party.
30 April 2019, 06:35 AM

Ershad donates his wealth to trust

Suffering from serious physical ailments, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad donates his all movable and immovable properties to a trust.
7 April 2019, 12:15 PM

GM Quader to act as JP chief in absence of Ershad

Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader is to act as the party chief in absence of the party Chairman HM Ershad.
6 April 2019, 05:16 AM