Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday expressed his discontent with the government’s decision to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) and supplementary duties on more than a hundred products and services, describing it as a cruel move. “The fresh imposition of VAT will be a harsh decision by the government,” he said in a press statement. The Jatiya Party leader urged the government to back off from such an anti-people decision as the economic situation of the country’s people is currently dire as they are struggling to meet their expenses with their income. CAB demands withdrawal of VAT, SD to ease inflation Besides, GM Quader said, the number of unemployed people is increasing in every household. “Many people are unable to afford necessary medical treatment due to a lack of money. Business owners are also facing difficulties.” The Jatiya Party Chairman also said people’s lives have become increasingly challenging due to high inflation, soaring dollar rates, and excessive interest rates in the banking sector. In such circumstances, he said, the government’s decision to raise VAT on over a hundred products and services will make life unbearable for the common people of the country. GM Quader suggested that the government reduce unnecessary and excessive expenditures instead of increasing taxes. The Jatiya Party Chairman also urged the government to make decisions in the best interests of the common people considering the current situation. Govt's VAT, SD hike on 100+ products suicidal: DCCI On Thursday night, the government increased VAT and supplementary duties on over a hundred goods and services, including mobile phone talk time, internet usage, cigarettes, alcoholic drinks, biscuits, tissue paper, imported fruits, restaurant bills, sauces, spectacles, clothes, air tickets, liquefied petroleum gas, milk, showrooms, confectionary items and electric poles. Two ordinances—the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 and the Excise and Salt (Amendment) Ordinance 2025—were issued in this connection. VAT hike on mobile, internet services sparks protests

Jatiya Party Chairman Ghulam Muhammad Quader on Tuesday extended his best wishes to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia ahead of her departure to London for advanced medical treatment. GM Quader wished Khaleda Zia recovery, good health, and long life. He also expressed sympathy to BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, Begum Zia’s family and her followers. Focusing on her significance in the nation’s country’s political landscape, GM Quader said, “Begum Khaleda Zia is important in the country’s politics. Her recovery is essential for the welfare of the country and its people.” The Jatiya Party chairman hoped that Begum Zia would return home fully recovered soon after her treatment by the grace of Almighty Allah, said a press release. Read: “We’ll see how far they’ll go to stop us”: GM Quader Khaleda Zia, a three-time former Prime Minister, is scheduled to depart Dhaka for London at 10pm on Tuesday by a special air ambulance sent by the Emir of Qatar. Tarique Rahman and his family have been living in London since 2008. This will be Khaleda Zia’s second overseas medical trip, following her 2017 visit to London for treatment. This will be her first reunion with her son Tarique in seven years, and her first overseas visit since she was freed from jail. Khaleda Zia has been battling multiple health issues, including liver cirrhosis, diabetes, arthritis, and complications involving her kidneys, lungs, heart and eyes.

Jatiya Party has postponed its rally in front of its central office in Kakrail tomorrow due to a ban on gatherings imposed by the DMP in the area. The party announced the decision in a statement issued on Friday night, signed by Khandaker Delwar Jalali, JP chief’s press secretary. DMP bans rallies in Dhaka's Kakrail, surrounding areas tomorrow  In the statement, the Jatiya Party said that it will announce further programmes at a later date. “Jatiya Party made this decision respecting the law as Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a ban on all meetings, rallies, processions, marches, and demonstrations in Kakrail and surrounding areas on Saturday,” it said in the statement. Earlier on the day the DMP banned all types of public gathering in the capital's Kakrail and surrounding areas hours after Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader said the previously scheduled rally would go ahead as planned tomorrow, despite yesterday’s attack. “We’ll see how far they’ll go to stop us”: GM Quader On Thursday evening, unidentified miscreants set fire to the Jatiya Party (JP) central office in Dhaka's Kakrail area. According to eyewitnesses, a group of individuals—many wearing helmets and armed with sticks—entered the JP office through the main entrance. Chanting slogans, they tore down banners and festoons, vandalized furniture, and then set fire to the building's front and several rooms inside.  

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said that the country is in a state of crisis, affirming that his party will continue its protests and scheduled activities despite the recent attack. Addressing a press conference at the party chairman’s office in Dhaka’s Banani, Quader responded to yesterday’s attack on the Jatiya Party central office in Kakrail. “We are ready to sacrifice, and we’ll see how far they’ll go to stop us,” Quader said. He confirmed that a previously scheduled rally would go ahead as planned tomorrow, despite the violent incident. Quader expressed frustration over what he perceived as “divisive tactics”. “Allah is protecting us; we cannot rely on anyone else,” he said. “This division is identical to what was imposed by Sheikh Hasina earlier. Now, numerous individuals face false charges, stifling any opposition,” the JP Chairman said. Referring to the student activists involved in the anti-discrimination movement, Quader remarked, “They believe only their perspective is valid, dismissing all others. They even disrupt judicial proceedings. If someone errs, there are ways to address it, but destruction is not the solution.” Quader reiterated Jatiya Party’s longstanding commitment to democracy and its principles. “We don’t stand for one-day democracy; we stand for lasting democracy. Our vision is a government ‘of the people, by the people, for the people.’ We have always supported the people and will continue to do so,” he said. He further reflected on former Jatiya Party leader Hussein Muhammad Ershad’s legacy. “The people were always with Ershad. Those who say he was removed by a popular movement are mistaken; he stepped down by choice. Since 1991, conspiracies have plagued Ershad and our party.” Commenting on their relationship with the ousted Awami League, Quader rejected the label of being an “ally”, highlighting Jatiya Party’s critiques of Awami League’s governance and corruption over the years. “People say we’re aligned with the Awami League, but we’ve always opposed their policies that go against public interest,” he argued. GM Quader was accompanied at the press conference by Jatiya Party General Secretary Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Additional Secretary General Rezaul Karim, Shamim Haider Patwary.

Expressing deep concern over the recent unrest in the hill districts, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader emphasized the need to maintain peace and stability in the region at all costs. He made these remarks during a meeting with leaders of the Jatiya Matsyajibi Party and the Jatiya Hawkers Party at his office this afternoon. "I don't want to see blood stains on the green hills," he said. "We are all Bangladeshis, and we believe in unity and harmony. We cannot allow the tourism industry and economic potential of the hilly areas to be jeopardized." He urged all parties to approach the situation with patience and tolerance and called on Pahari, Bengalis and the administration to remain vigilant. The meeting was presided over by Jatiya Matsyajibi Party President Azharul Islam Sarkar, with Jatiya Hawkers Party General Secretary Rashed Nizam serving as the moderator. From the Jatiya Party, its Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Presidium Member Mir Abdus Sabur Asud, Adv. Mo Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan, Presidium Member Alamgir Sikder Lawton, Presidium Member and Additional Secretary General Mo Zahirul Islam Zahir, Monirul Islam Milan, were also present. Many leaders and members from both the Jatiya Matsyajibi Party and the Jatiya Hawkers Party were also in attendance.

Jatiya Party (JP-Manju) Chairman and former lawmaker from Pirojpur-2 constituency Anwar Hossain Manju, who was arrested earlier today, has been released due to his sickness. He was granted bail as per the Code of Criminal Procedure 497 on ground of illness by the Officer-in-Charge of New Market police station, said a senior police official requesting anonymity. According to CrPC 497, (1) When any person accused of any non-bailable offence is arrested or detained without warrant by an officer in charge of a police-station, or appears or is brought before a Court, he may be released on bail, but he shall not be so released if there appear reasonable grounds for believing that he has been guilty of an offence punishable with death or transportation for life:Provided that the Court may direct that any person under the age of sixteen years or any woman or any sick or infirm person accused of such an offence be released on bail.(2) If it appears to such officer or Court at any stage of the investigation, inquiry or trial, as the case may be, that there are not reasonable grounds for believing that the accused has committed a non-bailable offence, but that there are sufficient grounds for further inquiry into his guilt, the accused shall, pending such inquiry, be released on bail, or, at the discretion of such officer or Court, on the execution by him of a bond without sureties for his appearance as hereinafter provided.(3) An officer or a Court releasing any person on bail under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall record in writing his or its reasons for so doing. A team of Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him around 2:45 pm from Dhaka’s Dhanmondi area. He has been accused in at least five cases including a case filed in New Market police station, Rabiul Islam, Joint commissioner of DMP (DB) confirmed.

Jatiya Party Chairman Ghulam Muhammad Quader on Thursday urged the affluent people to stand beside the tens of thousands of the flood-affected people in the northeastern region of the country. In a statement  he also expressed deep concern over the endless suffering of thousands of people due to the severe floods in the northeastern region of the country. GM Quader said thousands of people have become homeless due to severe floods. All the crops in the fields, fish in ponds and farms were swept away by the flood. Millions of families have lost their businesses and domestic animals, he said. “Millions of endangered people are in endless crisis. We can't sit idle when people are in such trouble,” he said. The JP chief requested the affluent section of the society to stand by the helpless people. He requested them to reach the people with essential dry food, life saving medicines and baby food. In the statement, GM Quader directed the local units of Jatiya Party and its associate bodies to provide necessary relief assistance to the flood victims. At the same time, he also ordered his party activists to extend all-out support to the armed forces and the leaders of the anti-discrimination student movement, who are engaged in relief operations in the flood affected areas. 

Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader has extended his party’s full supports to students’ one-point demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government. Jatiya Party Chairman’s Press Secretary Delor Jalali told UNB on Monday afternoon. The Jatiya Party extended its supports amid the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement’s March to Dhaka programme on Monday.

The people of the country demand a neutral investigation into every murder and justice, Opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chairman Golam Mohammad Quader has said. “The trial of every death during the anti-discrimination student movement should be started following a neutral investigation,” he said in a statement issued on Tuesday, Khandaker Delwar Jalali, JP chief's press secretary, said. People are not using the social networking sites due to the disruption of the internet services which hampered the dealing of information seriously. He also demanded that the internet services be resumed in full-fledged. Alongside it, Metro Rail services will be opened after closing the damaged stations while Elevated Expressway to be opened through collecting tolls manually for the people of the country, he said. Besides, the Bangladeshi expatriates abroad failed to contact their relatives. As a result, they threatened not to send their money through the banking channel, which is very terrible for the country, said the statement. Meanwhile, the students who want to go abroad for higher education are not able to communicate with their desired countries. If the internet is not fully operational, the country will suffer an irreparable loss, it said. During the current violence, one or two Metro Rail stations and one or two toll plazas of the Elevated Expressway were damaged but the metro rail locomotive, compartments and line are safe. “I think the Metro Rail services can be resumed after closing the damaged stations immediately, " said GM Quader in a statement. “People should not suffer by shutting down important services on the pretext of being affected by the movement,” he said in a statement. “At the same time, there is an order to shoot on sight while on the other hand, the state is observing the mourning day for the loss of lives of hundreds of people. Country’s people do not want to see it. They just want impartial investigations of every murders and justice followed by it,” he said.

The fifth anniversary of the death of former president and Jatiya Party founder Hussain Muhammad Ershad was observed on Sunday amid various programmes. The leaders and activists of the party and its different associate bodies placed wreaths on the portrait of Ershad in the morning on the premises of the party’s Kakrail office. Jatiya Party to observe Ershad’s 5th death anniversary Sunday A doa mahfil and memorial meeting was held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) with the Jatiya Party Chairman and leader of the opposition in parliament, GM Quader,  in the chair. The Jatiya Party flag was kept at half-mast atop all the offices of the party across the country. Besides, all divisions, districts, cities, upazilas, thanas, and union units of JaPa also marked the day with various programmes, including discussion meetings and milads, doa mahfils, and food distributions in observance of the day. Jatiya Party, independent MPs allege widespread corruption in education system In Rangpur, Jatiya Party leaders and activists offered fateha at the grave of Ershad and paid homage to him by placing wreaths. A doa-mafil-cum-discussion was also held at Ershad's residence "Palli Nibas". General Ershad, who was ousted in 1990 after his nine years of autocratic rule, died on July 14, 2019, at the age of 89 while undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka. Amid political turmoil following the assassination of Ziaur Rahman in a military coup, Ershad took over state power from then-President Abdus Sattar on March 24, 1982, as the Chief Martial Law Administrator (CMLA). Jatiya Party MP speaks against black money whitening provision, independent MP wants tax on it lowered He formed the Jatiya Party in 1986 and was elected president of the country for a term of five years that same year through the third parliamentary election, triggering huge protests by other political parties. Amid a fierce combined movement by the opposition parties, he was finally forced to step down on December 6, 1990.