Dhaka, March 12 -- Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed and Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal on Thursday voluntarily resigned from all posts in the BNP to ensure neutrality in conducting parliamentary proceedings.

They sent their resignation letters to BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman after being elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker at the first sitting of the 13th Parliament.

In his resignation letter, the Speaker said he stepped down from the BNP Standing Committee and all other party positions to perform his duties in parliament in an impartial manner.

Deputy Speaker Kayser Kamal also said in his resignation letter that he resigned from the post of the party's Legal Affairs Secretary and all other party positions to carry out his responsibilities neutrall...