Awami League picks chairman candidates for UP polls

The Awami League on Friday nominated its chairman candidates for elections to second phase of the Union Parishads in Khulna, Barisal and five districts  -- Dhaka, Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Kishoreganj.


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The nomination was finalized at a meeting of Awami League local government nomination board with Prime Minister and party chief Sheikh Hasina in the chair at her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka, said a press release.