Mirza Fakhrul to contest from Thakurgaon-1

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will contest from Thakurgaon-1 constituency in the 13th parliamentary election.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced the names of candidates for 237 seats (first phase) of the upcoming election.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will contest from Dinajpur-3, Bogura-7 and Feni-1 constituencies. The party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman will contest from Bogura-6 constituency.

Mirza Fakhrul read out the names of the candidates at a press conference at the party Chairperson's office in Gulshan on Monday afternoon.