Staff Reporter

Proshika Chairman Qazi Faruque Ahmed is launching a political party this year ‘to fight for the rights of the poor and restoration of democracy in the country’.
This was disclosed at a press briefing organised by the NGO at its head office in the city yesterday.
Faruque said the new party called United Citizens Movement (UCM) would have among its members-professionals, women, ordinary workers and people who were involved in Bangladesh’s freedom struggle.
“The principal aims of the UCM will be to fight for the rights of the poor, reduce poverty, assert basic rights and to restore democratic rule. [Read more]