AL to finalise party candidate for Moulvibazar 3 today

A meeting of the Awami League parliamentary board will be held at Ganabhaban, the official residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Party sources said the meeting will be held for choosing party candidate in the upcoming by-election of Moulvibazar 3, the constituency that fell vacant after the death of Awami League lawmaker and social welfare minister Syed Mohsin Ali.

With Awami League President Sheikh Hasina in the chair, the meeting will start at 6pm.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif requested all the persons concerned to attend the meeting in time, says a press release.

Meanwhile, according to the Election Commission schedule, the voting will be held on December 8.

The deadline for aspirants to file nominations is November 11, and nominations will be scrutinised on Novemver 14 and aspirants can withdraw from the polls by November 22.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad announced the by-poll schedule on Thursday.