Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate selling party nomination forms for the 12th parliamentary elections from Saturday.

According to the party sources, the AL chief will kick off the nomination paper selling from party’s central office at 23, Bangabandhu Avenue at 10am.

The Chief Election Commissioner announced that the national election will be held on January 7.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the process by collecting party nomination forms after the meeting of the governing committee.

Those seeking party nominations will be able to collect and submit nomination papers from Saturday (November 18) to Tuesday (November 21) between 10am and 4pm daily.

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Candidates seeking nominations will have to collect and submit the application forms from the specific booth according to the administrative division from the central office of Bangladesh Awami League at 23 Bangabandhu Avenue.

Nomination papers of Dhaka, Mymensingh, Sylhet and Chattogram divisions will be distributed on the second floor of the central office. Meanwhile, candidates from Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions will be able to collect nomination forms from the third floor of the central office .

Nomination papers of all departments will be submitted on the ground floor of the central office, according to the press release.

Nomination seekers will have to collect and submit the application forms by themselves or through qualified representatives of the candidates without any additional public gathering, read the press release.

The candidate will have to bring a photocopy of their national ID card with them to collect nomination papers.

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On Wednesday evening last, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal announced that the 12th parliamentary election of the country will be held on January 7.

The deadline for submission of nomination papers is November 30, while December 1-4 was fixed for scrutinising nomination papers and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is December 17.

The CEC announced the election schedule during a televised address to the nation.