HM Ershad | The Daily Star

  • Give me 70 seats

    Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad has said his party must be allowed to contest the next parliamentary polls in 70 constituencies with no ruling alliance opponents and subsequently hold 10 to 12 posts in the cabinet subject to victory.

  • Ershad slams govt for 'graft, misrule'

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has proposed an election-time government comprising the political parties that have representatives in the current parliament.

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    No politician to be jailed if JP voted to power: Ershad

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad pledges that he will not allow sending any senior politician to jail if the party is voted to power in the upcoming general election.

  • JP ministers will resign soon: Ershad

    Three Jatiya Party ministers are set to resign from the cabinet soon, the party’s Chairman HM Ershad says.

  • People want change in power: Ershad

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says the Rangpur city polls result manifested that people want to get rid of killing, enforced disappearance and corruption.

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    Ershad admitted to Rangpur CMH

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is hospitalised.

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    Ershad admitted to Rangpur CMH

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is admitted to Rangpur Combined Military Hospital (CMH) with gastric problems.

  • Verdict on appeals in Ershad’s graft case May 9

    The High Court will deliver on May 9 its verdict on three separate appeals filed in a 25-year-old graft case against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.

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    Send records to CJ for decision on disposal of Ershad’s graft case: HC

    The High Court orders its officials concerned to send all the records of corruption case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad to the chief justice for decision on disposal of the case.

  • Power, more power

    The Jatiya Party boss had no alternative but to appoint his wife Raushan Ershad as the party's senior co-chair to avoid a possible split

  • JP not real opposition

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said his party has become a “domestic opposition party” as it failed to

  • Ershad made me acting chairman to avoid arrest: Mahmud

    Jatiya Party Presidium Member Anisul Islam Mahmud says that party chief HM Ershard appointed him as the party’s acting chairman after the 1/11 political changeover in 2007 in a bid to avert arrest.

  • Our ministers tarnished my image

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

  • A master of deception

    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.

  • Ershad group softens its tone on quitting

    Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad and his followers have softened their stance on the resignation of three JP ministers from the Sheikh Hasina-led cabinet, party insiders said.

  • Ershad-led group firm on quitting

    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.

  • Ershad, Raushan in Ctg

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and party's presidium member and also Leader of the Opposition Raushan Ershad yesterday came to

  • Can Ershad's brother be his brother's keeper?

    Hussain Muhammad Ershad never retired from politics because he never got tired of it.

  • JP not seen as opposition in JS: GM Quader

    Newly appointed Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader says people do not consider the party as an opposition in the parliament and stresses the need for his party's ministers to step down from the cabinet.

  • JP may meet Jan 31 to talk thorny issues

    In response to calls from party leaders, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has decided to convene a joint meeting on January 31 to discuss the appointment of GM Quader as JP co-chair and removal of Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu from the post of secretary general.

  • JP MPs throw weight behind Ershad

    HM Ershad yesterday sought an appointment with Sheikh Hasina to discuss his plan to quit as the PM's special envoy and also the issue of resignation of three JP ministers, party sources said.

  • Quitting cabinet: Ershad seeks to meet PM for talks

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and his wife Raushan Ershad have sought the prime minister’s appointment for talks on resignation of the party’s leaders from the cabinet.

  • Ershad's decisions undemocratic

    Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Raushan Ershad last night termed “undemocratic” party Chairman HM Ershad's decisions to

  • JP leadership shuffle ‘undemocratic’: Raushan

    Opposition leader Raushan Ershad terms “undemocratic and devoid of rules” the change in Jatiya party’s secretary general and appointment of a co-chairman by the party chief without any discussion in party forums.

  • JP ministers to resign after April

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said he would resign as the special envoy to the prime minister and his party's three ministers from the cabinet in phases to play the role of a real opposition party.

  • Ershad tightens grip on JP

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday tightened his control on the party with GM Quader and Ruhul Amin Howlader taking charge of co-chairman and secretary general.

  • Changes to bring back spirit in JP activities: Ershad

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad says he brought new faces to the party’s top positions to bring back the spirit in its organisational activities.

  • Quader, Hawlader given JP co-chair, gen secy charges

    Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad today said he has appointed GM Quader the party’s co-chairman as he and his wife have become too old to run the party.

  • Rift in JP widens

    Rifts in the Jatiya Party widen further, as its Chairman HM Ershad yesterday removed party secretary general Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu, who opposed the JP chief's decision to appoint GM Quader as co-chairman.

  • JPPP urges Ershad to discuss GM Quader, Hawlader’s appointments

    Jatiya Party Parliamentary Party (JPPP) calls upon party chief HM Ershad to hold discussion in the party forum on the appointment of GM Quader and ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader as co-chairman and secretary general of JP respectively.

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