AL's Zaman Niketa to vie for Bogura-6

Bogura Awami League joint secretary T Zaman Niketa has been picked for contesting the Bogura-6 by-elections on party ticket, reports UNB.

"We've chosen T Zaman Niketa for the Bogura-6 by-election from our party," AL joint secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif told the news agency over phone on Sunday.

The decision came from a meeting of Awami League Nomination Board held at the Prime Minister's official residence Ganobhaban with Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on April 30 declared the Bogura-6 constituency vacant as BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir did not take oath as MP or seek time before the deadline expired.

As per the law, if any MP-elect refrains from taking oath within 90 days after the beginning of the first session or refrains from informing the Speaker, his/her membership gets cancelled.