The Bangladesh Nationalist Party - BNP has nominated Ishraque Hossain and Tabith Awal to run for mayor in the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations.
Ishraque will gun for Dhaka South City Corporation mayor’s post, and Tabith for Dhaka North.
Their popularity among the young supporters played a role in their nomination, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam said while announcing the names at the party chief’s Gulshan office on Saturday (Dec 28), local media reported.
Ishraque’s father Sadeque Hossain Khoka, who passed away recently, was the last mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation.
Tabith, a member of the party’s National Executive Committee, had fought for the DNCC mayor in 2015, but lost to the Awami League’s Annisul Huq. His father Abdul Awal Mintoo is a Vice-Chairman of the party.
The vote will be held on Jan 30 while the deadline to submit nomination is Dec 31.
