The local branches of scheduled banks will remain closed on September 26 (Saturday) in areas under Pabna-4 parliamentary seat which will go to by-polls.

BNP on Monday chose Habibur Rahman Habib, a member of the party chairperson’s advisory council, as its candidate to contest the Pabna-4 by-election.

Two aspirants on Sunday bought BNP’s nomination forms to contest the upcoming Panna-4 by-election.