As many as 13 mayoral aspirants have so far collected nomination forms of Awami League to contest in the upcoming mayoral by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation on
February 26. Of them, five collected nomination forms on Sunday from Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's political office in Dhanmondi. They are Advocate Momtaj Uddin Mehedi, former central working committee member of the ruling party and ex-secretary of Supreme Court Bar Association, Shamim Hasan, a former ward councillor, Former Army Officer Iad Ali Fakir, Businessman Abed Mansur, and former Jubo League leader Abul Bashar.
On Saturday, eight bought nomination forms. The nomination seekers include Atiqul Islam, former president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), HBM Iqbal, chairman of Premier Bank Ltd, Adam Tamizi Haque, managing director of Haque Group of Industries, Helal Uddin, a director of the FBCCI, and poet Russell Ashequi.
Three teachers also collected nomination forms on Sunday. They are Jobaer Alam, a Dhaka University teacher and also the editor and publisher of Bangladesh Today, Forhad Hossain, principal of Monipur High School and College, Shah Alam, a former principal of a college in Dhaka.
