, April 23 -- Leader of the Opposition Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday proposed five MPs from his side for a 10-member joint committee aimed at working with the government to find solutions to the country's ongoing energy problem.

He announced the names in Parliament, hours after Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed forming the committee and requested the opposition to nominate five members.

From the opposition, the five proposed members are Jamaat lawmakers Md Saiful Alam (Dhaka-12), Md Nurul Islam (Chapainawabganj-3) and Md Abdul Baten (Dhaka-16), Md Abul Hasnat (Cumilla-4) and Khilafat Majlis lawmaker Mohammed Abul Hasan (Sylhet-5).

"Since five names from the government side have already been announced, I am also respectfully placing ...