Raushan Ershad

Why do other parties need AL’s concessions to win election?

Why can't candidates of Jatiya Party, JSD and Workers Party win the election if the Awami League does not give up the competition for them?

Raushan at Gono Bhaban to meet PM: JP sources

Opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad went to the Gono Bhaban to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

JP indecision over polls: Pro-Raushan leaders voice worry to home minister

Jatiya Party leaders loyal to Raushan Ershad have expressed concern over GM Quader’s indecision over taking part in the January 7 national election.

Jatiya Party and its penchant for drama

Coupled with its unwavering commitment to unpredictability, JaPa has been true to its sense of dedicated opportunism over the years.

Expelled members spread false news of Raushan declaring herself JP chairman: Chunnu

'There was no such incident in Jatiya Party and there is no scope of this happening.'

Raushan Ershad 'declares herself chairman of Jatiya Party': press release

Move comes as incumbent Chairman GM Quader is on India visit

Raushan ‘appoints’ Shad Ershad, 15 JP leaders in top posts

Jatiya Party chief patron Raushan Ershad “appoints” 16 JP leaders including her son Shad Ershad in different top-level posts of the party.

Raushan may get special post

The Jatiya Party may introduce a special post for Raushan Ershad, its senior co-chairperson and opposition leader, at the upcoming

Raushan opposition leader in JS, GM Quader deputy

Ending weeklong series of drama and tension in the main opposition party in parliament, Jatiya Party senior co-chairman Raushan Ershad has been made Leader of the Opposition while its chairman GM Quader as deputy leader of the opposition.

September 7, 2019
September 7, 2019

GM Quader to act as JP chief, Raushan as opposition leader

GM Quader will act as chairman of Jatiya Party while Raushan Ershad will be Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, party sources say after a meeting.

July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019

Raushan ‘doesn’t accept GM Quader as JP chairman’

Jatiya Party Senior Co-Chairman Raushan Ershad says she “does not accept GM Quader as chairman of the party”.

March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019

Enter Raushan, exit GM Quader

Internal division over leadership widens in Jatiya Party as its Chairman HM Ershad has nominated his wife Raushan Ershad for deputy leader of the opposition, removing his younger brother GM Quader from the post.

March 23, 2019
March 23, 2019

Rowshan appointed deputy opposition leader in JS

Jatiya Party (Ershad) appoints Rowshan Ershad, senior co-chairperson of the party, as deputy leader of the opposition in the House, relieving GM Quader from the post.

January 7, 2019
January 7, 2019

Ershad, Raushan miss out oath-taking ceremony

Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad and leader of the opposition of the 10th parliament Raushan Ershad skip the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet members at Bangabhaban.

March 26, 2018
March 26, 2018

Raushan’s side show at JP rally goes viral

Raushan Ershad, senior co-chairman of Jatiya Party and also leader of the opposition in the parliament, encourages her party men by singing songs at a public rally in Dhaka.

March 2, 2018
March 2, 2018

The conundrum of an opposition party in the House

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad's appeal on Tuesday (February 27) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to relieve three of her party MPs from the council of ministers to help the Jatiya Party emerge as the “real opposition” in parliament, sounds ridiculous. But in the present political context it is not something that would leave anyone dumbfounded. Her husband JP Chairman Ershad, who has remained the special

February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018

Drop JP lawmakers from cabinet, Raushan urges PM

Opposition Leader Raushan Ershad in parliament urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to drop three Jatiya Party lawmakers from the cabinet to help the party to appear as the real opposition one.

June 5, 2016
June 5, 2016

Budget difficult to implement: Raushan

Terming the proposed 2016-17 national budget “highly ambitious”, Opposition Leader in the parliament Raushan Ershad says it will be very difficult to implement this big size budget.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Ershad, Raushan re-elected JP chief, senior co-chair uncontested

HM Ershad is re-elected as Jatiya Party chairman and his wife Raushan Ershad senior co-chairman uncontested. The councillors also re-elected GM Quader as co-chairman of the party.