Narsingdi: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Manjur Elahi, general secretary of the district BNP and an industrialist, as its candidate for the Narsingdi-3 (Shibpur) constituency. BNP Joint Secretary General and President of the district unit Khairul Kabir Khokon announced this afternoon that the nomination letter, signed by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, was handed over to Manjur on December 18. Later, Elahi confirmed the nomination over his cell phone.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, ahead of the 13th National Parliamentary Elections, BNP initially announced candidates for 236 constituencies. Subsequently, candidates were declared for 36 more seats. On Wednesday, the party announced candidates for two additional constituencies. With this, BNP has, so far, announced candidates for a total of 274 seats.
Besides, the party has allocated 12 seats to its alliance partners. Party sources mentioned that candidates for the remaining 14 seats will be announced gradually.