DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted iftar party for the leaders of different political parties at her official Gonobhaban residence on Thursday.
Hasina exchanged pleasantries with the invited guests and enquired about their well-being there.
None of the BNP leaders were seen at the function, sources told banglanews.
Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Advocate Fazley Rabbi Mia, Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Awami League Advisory Council Members Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta, Presidium Members Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Satish Chandra Roy, Advocate Sahara Khatun and Mohammad Nasim, General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Mujahidul Islam Selim, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President Hasanul Haque Inu, Samyabadi Dal President Dilip Barua, Senior Presidium Member of NAP Amina Ahmed, MP, Islami Oikya Jote Chairman Alhaj Misbahur Rahman Chowdhury, PM's Advisers HT Imam and Dr Moshiur Rahman and Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad ASM Feroze attended the iftar.
Besides, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor, Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid, Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, Railway Minister Mujibul Haque, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Health Zahid Malek, AL Advisory Council Member Professor Sultana Shafi and Muhammad Zamir, PM's Principal Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar and Press Secretary AKM Shamim Chowdhury, AL Joint Secretaries Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Jatiya Party leaders GM Quader, Ruhul Amin Hawlader and Moshiur Rahman Ranga, JSD leaders Shirin Akhtar and Nazmul Haque Prodhan, AL leaders Ahmed Hossain, BM Mozammel Haque, Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, Advocate Afzal Husain and Habibur Rahman Siraj and CPB leader Manjurul Ahsan Khan joined the iftar, among others.
Parliament members, leaders of AL's associate bodies including Jubo League, Jubo Mohila League, Chhatra League, Krishak League, Mohila Awami League, Sechhasebak League, Jatiya Sramik League, Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad also attended the iftar.
BDST: 2118 HRS JUL 17, 2014
