Kishoreganj, Jan 30 (UNB) - Dr Syeda Zakia Nur Lipi, younger sister of late public administration minister Syed Ashraful Islam, has submitted the nomination form she collected from Awami League to run for the Kishoreganj-1 seat.
Syeda Zakia submitted the form to the returning officer Md Jahirul Islam on Wednesday while District AL President Advocate Kamrul Ahsan Shahjahan, General Secretary Ad MA Afjal among other party leaders and activists were present.
The constituency fell vacant after the death of former Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam who was reelected MP from the constituency in the December 30 national election.
Their father Syed Nazrul Islam, the acting President of Bangladesh during the Liberation War, was among four national leaders who were killed in jail in 1975.
On Jan 22, the Election Commission fixed Feb 28 for the voting day in the election to the Kishoreganj seat.