The name of the new political party formed by the anti-discrimination student movement and the Jatiya Nagorik Committee(JNC), 'Jatiyo Nagorik Party'(JNP), will debut today, Friday. According to the party's decision, Nahid Islam will remain as the convener of the 'Jatiyo Nagorik Party' and Akhtar Hossain will remain as the member secretary.

A massive public gathering is being prepared at Manik Mia Avenue around the party's debut at 3 pm.

The leaders of the JNC said, 'Tomorrow (today) the new party will debut in a massive public gathering. The party's name may be National Citizens Party in English, 'Jatiyo Nagarik Party' in Bengali. Apart from that, it is known that the party may participate in the next election as a strong opponent by registering under any one of the five symbols: 'Mustibaddha Haat', 'Elephant', 'Royal Bengal Tiger' and 'Shapla', 'Ilish'.

Sources said that initially the 151-member convening committee of the 'JNP' will be announced. Later, that committee may be expanded to 300 members. At this time, leaders from the 328 committees at the upazila level of the JNC will join the new political party. Although it was initially thought that the party would be formed with the four top posts of convener, member secretary, chief organizer and spokesperson, it is known that five more posts will be added to it. In the meantime, 9 names have been finalized for the top 9 posts, including the selection of 70 people.

The source also said that the initial decision has been made to make Hasnat Abdullah the chief organizer of the southern region and Sarjis Alam the chief organizer of the northern region. Apart from this, it is known that the top posts will be held by the convener of the JNC Nasiruddin Patwari, spokesperson Samantha Sharmin, joint conveners Sarwar Tushar, Tasnim Zara and Ariful Islam Adeeb, member secretary of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement Arif Sohel, and chief organizer Abdul Hannan Masud.

Extensive preparations are being made to make the new party's debut event a success. The overall preparation work, including the stage for the event, began yesterday morning, Thursday. Permission has been obtained from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP). Top leaders of various political parties including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami have been invited.

Meanwhile, Nahid Islam resigned from the posts of advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology on Tuesday. His resignation was announced from the office of the chief advisor yesterday afternoon. There had been rumors of Nahid Islam's resignation for a month. Nahid Islam had also said several times that he would resign and join the new party. That is why he left his state post.

After submitting his resignation, Nahid Islam said, "I felt that it was more necessary to be on the streets than to be in the government, so I resigned."

A fire broke out in Shewrapara Kitchen Market in Mirpur, the capital, on Thursday night. The fire was brought under control after 45 minutes of effort by fire service members.

On Thursday (February 27), eight units of the fire service brought the fire under control after 45 minutes of effort.

The control room of the fire service headquarters reported that the fire service received a report of the fire at around 2:42 am. Initially, 4 units controlled the fire. Then, two more units, a total of 8 units, started working to control the fire. The fire was brought under control at 3:27 am.

The fire service could not immediately provide any information about how the fire started. The extent of the damage was not immediately known. 

 Regarding the debut of a new political party, Local Government Adviser Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan said, hopefully all political parties, including the new one, will be public welfare oriented. He said, I am not associated with the activities of the party because I am currently in charge of the government.

He said these things in response to questions from journalists after an exchange of views with local villagers at Akbarpur High School grounds in his village of Muradnagar, Cumilla on Thursday (February 27) evening.

He said, I will not be able to be associated with any political party from the place where I have been given the responsibility of democratic transformation of this government. However, my expectation is that not only the new political party, but all political parties in Bangladesh will be public welfare oriented. Let the people be the main goal of their political activities.

Regarding the elections, Adviser Asif Mahmud said, no final decision has been made on the local government elections yet. Discussions are underway in this regard. You will know as soon as a decision is made.

Earlier, Adviser Asif Mahmud inaugurated a road. He also visited Bangara Bazar Police Station. At that time, senior officials of the district administration, district police, LGRD department and local dignitaries were present. 

The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has ordered the release of 1,295 prisoners ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

The country's state news agency WAM reported this information on Thursday (February 27). He also ordered the prisoners to be helped to pay off any debts as a token of Ramadan greetings.

President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that he wants those who are released to start a new life. And their families to be relieved of the suffering they are going through.

The holy month of Ramadan is going to start in the Arab world from March 1, the Abu Dhabi-based International Astronomical Center has announced. The organization's director, Mohammed Shawkat Odeh, said that the crescent moon will be seen in some parts of the Arab world on February 28. If the moon is sighted, Ramadan will begin that evening. But if the moon is not sighted on that day, the holy month will begin the next day, March 2.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Arabic calendar. During this month, millions of people around the world, including the United Arab Emirates, observe fasting. The Arabic months are determined based on the sighting of the moon. During this month, worshippers increase their worship and charity.