Awami League nominates Abdul Hamid for presidential election

The Awami League has nominated Abdul Hamid as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election, which is scheduled to be held on February 18. The decision was taken in the parliamentary board meeting of the ruling party on Wednesday night, Awami League General Secretary Quader told the Dhaka Tribune. Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting at Ganabhaban in Dhaka. Abdul Hamid, who is currently serving as the 20th president of Bangladesh, will complete his five-year term on April 23. On January 25, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the election schedule for the presidential polls. According to the schedule, nominations for the election must be submitted by February 5 before the papers are scrutinized on February 7. The final date for withdrawing candidacy is February 10. According to Article 123 of the constitution, presidential elections should be held between 90 and 60 days before the term of the current president expires. Since the constitution also stipulates that the president has to be elected by the members of parliament, voting has to be timetabled before the ongoing 19th session of parliament ends on February 28.