Awami League (AL) has nominated Noor Uddin Chowdhury Nayan for the by-election to Lakshmipur-2 constituency.
The party nomination board took the decision in a meeting at Ganabhaban in the capital on Saturday, a source in the official residence of the Prime Minister confirmed.
The Election Commission (EC), however, set April 11 to hold the by-polls to Lakshmipur-2 with the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
Kazi Shahid Islam Papul
Parliament membership of the lawmaker from the seat Kazi Shahid Islam Papul was scrapped, and the constituency was declared vacant following a Kuwaiti court jailed him for four years for money laundering and human trafficking.
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