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.

Jatiya Party leader Raushan Ershad, also the leader of the opposition in parliament, is made senior co-chairman of the party.

Raushan Ershad urges HM Ershad, chairman of Jatiya Party, to defer the party’s council date scheduled to be held on May 14.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad criticises his own party for failing to play due role as opposition party in the parliament, saying it has turned into a “domestic opposition”.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the money of the general people of the country is being looted indiscriminately.

Jatiya Party, the main opposition in parliament, terms the ongoing Union Parishad election as “farcical” and urged the Election Commission to hold a re-election in the “controversial” UPs.

The 10th parliament will go into its 10th session on April 24, after a 54-day recess.

An activist of Jubo Sanghati, the youth wing of Jatiya Party, was found dead in Habiganj.

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will nominate the party’s aspiring chairmen for the upcoming Union Parishad elections.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad expresses his concern over what he said is the widespread corruption in every sector across the country.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said three of his party leaders tarnished his image by taking up ministerial posts.

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

From the February 2, 2016 issue of The Daily Star, we have learned that Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has softened his stance on the issue of resignation of three JP Ministers from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet.

A war crimes tribunal has denied bail to Jatiya Party lawmaker MA Hannan and his son Rafique Sajjad in a case of crimes against humanity committed during 1971.

Newly-made Co-chairman GM Quader and Secretary General Ruhul Amin Howlader have been made the new spokesmen for Jatiya Party. They will be the only spokespersons for the party.

In a meeting boycotted by those loyal to Raushan Ershad, Jatiya Party presidium members yesterday agreed on withdrawing its members from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet, according to meeting sources.

A group of the Jatiya Party led by its senior presidium member Raushan Ershad has rejected the party’s decision to quit the cabinet.

Jatiya Party Presidium members decide to quit the cabinet, says the party’s newly appointed Co-chairman GM Quader.

Until he breathed his last early this morning, former Jatiya Party MP Mazibar Rahman thought about the welfare of the people of his constituency-- Aditmari and Kaliganj upazila in Lalmonirhat--from where he was elected MP seven times.

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker Majibar Rahman dies from old age complications at his residence in the capital’s Uttara area.