A new Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board of the ruling Awami League (AL) was formed on Saturday, following the party's 22nd national council held at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.
The newly elected President of Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina declared the board members' names at the council's second session.
According to the Awami League Constitution, party President Sheikh Hasina is the nomination board's chairman.
Other board members are Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Abul Hasnat Abdullah, Kazi Zafar Ullah, Dr Md Abdur Razzaque, Lt Col (retd) Faruk Khan, Ramesh Chandra Sen, Obaidul Quader, Md Rashidul Alam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, Dr Hasan Mahmud, Mahbubul-Alam Hanif, Dr Dipu Moni and Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap.