Juba League rally at Suhrawardy Udyan today

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BSS, Dhaka :
Awami Juba League (AJL) plans to assemble five lakh youths at its rally at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the city today.
With the slogan “upsurge of youths through people’s empowerment” the AJL will organise the rally at 2 pm in observance of its 42nd founding anniversary.
Disclosing this at a press conference at its Bangabandhu Avenue central office, AJL chairman Omar Faruque Chowdhury said Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend the rally as the chief guest and deliver an important speech to the nation.
He said, “We have been working relentlessly to create an upsurge among the youth of the nation. Awami Juba League wants economic emancipation of the country under the capable and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. For the purpose, the country’s youth stock is the driving force and for this reason we have been working to unite the youth-folk.” Awami Juba League was floated on November 11 in 1972 at the instruction of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Sheikh Fazlul Huq Moni was AJL’s founder-chairman and Noore Alam Siddiqui was its first general secretary.
AJL general secretary Harunur Rashid, presidium members Dr Ahmed Ali Kabir, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury, Sirajul Islam, MP, Faruque Hossain and Ataur Rahman and Dhaka City North AJL president Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil were present, among others, at the press conference.

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