Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday, the 85-year-old finance minister also said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had approved of his actions. “I have submitted the nomination paper to the party as a dummy candidate, because I will not contest," the 85-year old finance minister said. I think 85 years is a sufficient time for retirement,” Muhith said. He has also served as the finance minister for two consecutive terms of the Awami League government. The others vying for the party’s nomination for the constituency are its Organising Secretary Misbah Uddin Siraj and former mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran.

Source: bd News24 November 13, 2018 21:00 UTC