JaPa announces candidates for by-polls to 5 vacant seats

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.