DHAKA, Nov 23, 2019 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated
the 7th national council of the Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, an associate
body of the ruling Awami League (AL) amid festivity and fanfare.
The premier opened the council by hoisting the national flag, releasing
pigeons and balloons at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the city at 11 in
the morning.
As many as 28,000 councilors from 77 organising districts across the
country are taking part in the triennial national congress of the Jubo
League.
They will elect their new leaders at council session at Institution of
Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium here in the afternoon.
Shahid Sheikh Fozlul Haque Moni had formed the youth organization
Bangladesh Awami Jubo League on November 11 in 1972 at the directive of
Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.