United News of Bangladesh

The launch event of the new political party of student activists of the July Movement named Jatiya Nagorik Party-JNC (National Citizen Party) formally started in the capital's Manik Miah Avenue on Friday afternoon. The event started at 4:20 pm with recitations from the Holy Quran, Gita, Tripitaka, and Bible. The National Anthem was sung, and  one-minute silence was observed in memory of those martyred during the July mass uprising. Thousands of people from the city and various districts of the country have already joined the launch event, and many are still joining the programme.

Thousands of people with procession are still joining the launching of a new political party of student activists of the July Movement, in the capital's Manik Miah Avenue. The launch event of the new political party named Jatiya Nagorik Party-JNC (National Citizen Party) formally started at 4:20 pm with recitations from the Holy Quran, Gita, Tripitaka, and Bible. The National Anthem was sung, and a one-minute silence was observed in memory of those martyred during the July mass uprising. Thousands of people from the city and different districts of the country  already joined the launching event. The new political party was formed by leaders of the Jatiya Nagarik Committee (JNC) and the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement (ADSM). The names for top ten post of the new political party have been finalised. Former information adviser Nahid Islam is certain to be the convener of the new party, while Akhter Hossen to be its member secretary. The names that were finalised for other top posts include Samanta Shermeen and Ariful Islam Adeeb for the two senior joint convener posts and Tasnim Jara and Nahida Sarwar (Nova) for two senior joint member secretary posts.