<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Minister for Road, Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader said on Sunday that Awami League is united under the leadership of party President Sheikh Hasina.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said this while talking to journalists after paying tribute at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi-32 in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the newly-elected Awami League Central Working Committee and Advisory Council led by Premier Sheikh Hasina paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>“We elected the leadership in a democratic way at the conference; most of the senior leaders were reelected,” he said, adding that PM Sheikh Hasina understands the minds of party activists and leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>He observed that there are manifold challenges before the party centering the next national election, crisis being faced by the country due to global circumstances, militancy, and anti-government movement by the BNP.</div><div><br></div><div>The party president decided to keep the experienced leadership to face the upcoming challenges, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>Quader said that he became general secretary of the party three times and his duties have increased.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is my fortune that I obtained responsibility of Awami League and it is the decision of the Premier Sheikh Hasina,” he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>