A total of forty aspirants for the Awami League candidacy in the upcoming Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3 and Cumilla-5 by-elections collected the nomination papers in the first two days. Awami League sources told UNB that eleven, nine and twenty aspirants collected the papers for Dhaka-14, Sylhet-3 and Cumilla-5 respectively. The ruling party started the sale of nomination forms on Friday (June 4) and it will continue till June 10. Also read: Fifth phase municipality polls: AL nomination board sits Saturday Aspirants will be able to collect and submit their forms from 11am to 5pm from party president Sheikh Hasia's political office in Dhanmondi.

The nomination board of the ruling Awami League sits on Saturday for selecting its candidates for the fifth phase polls to 31 municipalities which will be held on February 28. The announcement of the selected names will come after a meeting of Bangladesh Awami League’s Local Government Representative Nomination Board to be held at Ganobhaban with AL President and Prime Min

It’s never too late to enter politics. Wahid Sadik, husband of famous film actress Shabana, is going to prove that as he wants to contest the Jashore-6 constituency (Keshabpur) on Awami League ticket.