File photo of the party flag of BNP Syed Zakir Hossain/Dhaka TribuneThe party’s Pabna district unit convener contested the 11th national polls but lost to the Awami League’s candidateThe BNP has picked Habibur Rahman Habib, a member of the party chairperson’s advisory council, as its candidate to contest the Pabna 4 by-election. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement on Monday after the party's nomination board took virtual interviews of two nomination seekers from its chairperson’s Gulshan office. “Our nomination board or party standing committee nominated Habibur Rahman Habib as our candidate for Pabna 4 by-election,” he said. On Sunday, Habibur Rahman Habib and Sramik Dal leader Ahsan Habib bought the party’s nomination forms to contest the by-polls with the party’s election symbol ‘Sheaf of Paddy’. As per the schedule, the last date for submitting the nomination papers is September 2, the date for scrutinising nomination papers is September 3 and the last date for the withdrawal of nomination papers is September 8.

Source: Dhaka Tribune August 31, 2020 15:00 UTC