BNP collects two nomination papers for presidential election.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) today collected two nomination papers for the upcoming presidential election.
BNP Vice Chairman and Jatiya Sangsad Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni and Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi collected the papers from the Returning Officer's office at the Election Building in Agargaon this afternoon.
Jatiya Sangsad Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni confirmed the matter to BSS.
Earlier, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the presidential election on Thursday, setting August 13 as the deadline for submission of nomination papers and August 20 for voting.
According to the schedule, nomination papers can be submitted from 10am to 4pm on August 13. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on August 16, while candidates can withdraw their nominations until 4pm on August 18.
Voting will take place at the session hall of the Jatiya Sangsad from 2pm to 5pm on August 20.
EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said the Chief Election Commissioner finalized the election schedule in consultation with the Jatiya Sangsad Speaker in accordance with Section 5(3) of the Presidential Election Act, 1991.
He also said the voter list for the presidential election has already been prepared.
