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Awami League picks Atiqul for DNCC by-polls


Awami League picks Atiqul for DNCC by-polls

Bangladesh Awami League has nominated former Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI) president Atiqul Islam as its candidate in the mayoral by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The party picked its candidate at a meeting of the Awami League's nomination board at Prime Minister’s official residence Ganabhaban in the city on Tuesday (Jan 16). Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting, local media reports said.

Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader revealed the party's decision at a press conference following the meeting. Obaidul said that a total of 18 aspirants, including two women, collected the nomination forms of the party.

The aspirants who collected forms include former Awami League MP Dr HBM Iqbal, Awami League's former central working committee member Advocate Mamtaj Uddin Mehedi, FBCCI director Helal Uddin, businessmen Adam Tamiji Haq and Abed Mansur, former ward councilor Shamim Hasan, former army official Maj (retd) Yad Ali Fakir, Dhaka University teacher Zubair Alam, poet Rasel Ashiki, Principal of Monipur High School & College Farhad Hossain and teacher Shah Alam. 

The DNCC polls are scheduled to be held on Feb 26. The mayor post fell vacant following the death of Annisul Huq who died at a London hospital on Nov 30.

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