Rasik Mayor Liton is a member of the presidium of Bangladesh Awami League.

Rasik Mayor Liton is a member of the presidium of Bangladesh Awami League.

Staff Reporter:

AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation and president of Rajshahi Metropolitan Awami League, and three others have been included as presidium members of the Awami League.

The other two are Mofazzal Hossain, central executive member of Bangladesh Awami League, Bir Bikram and former food minister Advocate Kamrul Islam.

At a meeting of the central executive parliament of the Bangladesh Awami League on Friday (November 19) afternoon, party president Sheikh Hasina included the three new members as presidium members.

Meanwhile, Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton has been included as a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League and leaders of various allied organizations including the metropolitan Awami League have sincerely thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Rajshahi region was ruled by the puthia raj family based in the Ruthia Rajbari. The Mughal Emperor Akber had given the Rajshahi region to the Puṭhia Raj family to govern, the governor was Pitambar. 

The Puṭhia family was given the title of Raja by the Mughal Emperor Jahangir.  Rajshahi District was established in 1772. Parts of the districts eventually became Bogura district, Malda distdrict, Nator district, Naogaon district, nawabganj district and Pabna district. On 1 April 1876 Rajshahi town was made into municipal town.

During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, the town was the site of battles between the Mukti Bahini and the Pakistan Army. The Pakistan Army fought a battle against the Mukti Bahini on 30 March 1971 which resulted in the death of an East Pakistan Rifles member.

Between 26 and 30 March, 31 individuals in Godagaɽi upazila were killed by the Pakistan Army. On 13 April the Pakistan Army killed Rajshahi Cadet College Professor AB Siddiqi. The Pakistan Army attacked Tahirpur Haṭ in Bagmara upazila on 24 May and killed 25 people.

Mukti Bahini commander Havilder Shafiq led an attack on Pakistan Army boat on 8 August killing 18 Pakistan Army personal. Pakistan Army killed two members of Bangladesh ansar in a war of attrition. Pakistan Army established a camp in the Zoha Hall of Rajshahi univercity where they massacred hundreds of civilians.

Pakistan Army had also established camps inside Rajshahi Cadet College, Roy Saheb brickfield, Sardaha Pilot School, and Sardah Police Academy. 

The Pakistan Army tortured members of Mukti Bahini and civilians in the camps. The Pakistan Army also killed hundreds of refugees on the banks of Padma river who were fleeing to India. In a fight between Mukti Bahini and Pakistan Army near Kabasmul, a Pakistan Army major was killed. Pakistan Army retaliated by killing 44 civilians in Gaganbari and Palsa.