A boat race was organized as an election campaign for Awami League's nominated MP candidate for the Dhaka-17 constituency, Professor Mohammad A Arafat.
The boat race was organized at the capital's Banani Lake on Thursday.
Dhaka north city Awami League leaders including its President Bazlur Rahman, Vice President Walkil Uddin, General Secretary SA Mannan Kachi, Publicity Secretary Azizul Huq Rana and others conducted an election campaign.
Collected The by-polls to the Dhaka-17 constituency will be held on July 17 through ballot papers.
Prof Mohammad Ali Arafat is an academic, political analyst, and commentator, as well as the founding convener and current chairman of Suchinta Foundation, a Bangladeshi non-profit think tank and research centre.
He is also a member of the Awami League's Central Working Committee and is set to contest the Dhaka-17 by-polls on the ruling party ticket, with the “Boat” symbol.