Jatiya Party (JaPa) on Tuesaday announced its candidacy for elections to five parliamentary seats left vacant after BNP MPs' resignation.
By-polls to the five parliamentary seats will be held on February 1 next year.
The candidates finally nominated by the National Party Nomination Board are - Hafiz Uddin Ahmed for Thakurgaon-3, Md Nurul Islam Omar for Bogura-6, Shahin Mostafa Kamal Bogura-4 and Md Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan for Brahmanbaria-2.
Khandaker Delwar Jalali, press secretary to the JaPa chairman, revealed this in a press release.
The Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule of the by-elections on December 18.
The EC secretary said candidates can submit their nomination papers till January 5. Returning officers will scrutinize the nomination papers on January 8 and January 15 has been set as the last date for withdrawal of candidature.