By-Polls to 5 Seats: AL Starts Sale of Nomination Forms Today

The ruling Awami League will start selling nomination forms on Monday for by-elections to five constituencies amid the current outbreak of coronavirus pandemic.

The five constituencies where the by-elections will be held are Naogaon-6, Sirajganj-1, Pabna-4, Dhaka-5 and Dhaka-18.

The nomination form sale and submission will end on August 23, said a press release on Sunday.

The sale of nomination forms is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am on Monday at Awami League president Sheikh Hasina’s political office at Dhanmondi in the capital, it said.

Nomination forms sale and submission will continue from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, the press release said.

All applicants from Naogaon-6, Sirajganj-1, Pabna-4, Dhaka-5 and Dhaka-18 by-poll were asked to collect and submit nomination forms within the specified time frame.

On the occasion, the Chief and Prime Minister of the Awami League, Sheik Hasina, directed all candidates to abide by the health guidelines and avoid public gatherings.

Sirajganj-1, Dhaka-18, Pabna-4, Naogaon-6 and Dhaka-5 constituencies fell vacant following the deaths of Awami League presidium member Mohammed Nasim, another presidium member Shahara Khatun, former land minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif, prominent labour leader Md Israfil Alam and Habibur Rahman Mollah respectively.