Friday, October 27th, 2006In a dramatic turn of events, 13 lawmakers of the BNP, a state minister, and a host of former BNP lawmakers today joined former president Badruddoza Chowdhury to form a new party – Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).The BNP rebels who joined the new party include Sheikh Razzak Ali, former speaker; Oli Ahmed, MP and member of the BNP standing committee; Redwan Ahmed, MP and chairman of the JS Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry; Ali Kadar, MP from Jessore; Jahanara Begum, adviser to the prime minister; Anwarul Kabir Talukder, MP and former state minister for power; Alamgir Kabir, MP and ...
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