City AL council today

AL President and Leader of the Opposition in parliament Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the council at the auditorium of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh at 2:30 pm as chief guest while party General Secretary Abdul Jalil will be present as special guest.

Hasina will select the new faces from a shortlist of young, energetic and tested leaders, prepared by the senior central leaders, sources said.

"However, the chance of changes in the posts of president and general secretary is very slim," said an AL leader on condition of anonymity. "If there is any change, it may be the post of general secretary," he added.

Advocate Quamrul Islam, joint secretary of City AL, and former lawmaker Haji Mohammad Selim are lobbying for the post of general secretary, sources said.

At an extended meeting on June 13, the city unit councillors adopted an unanimous resolution requesting Sheikh Hasina to select the new leadership.

Committees of 22 thana units will be formed later, sources said.

Earlier, party high-ups hinted at major changes in the city unit leadership through the council to rejuvenate the party that had been in a bad shape since its debacle in the last general election.

Mohammad Hanif and Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya has been serving the City AL as its president and general secretary since 1997.