FE Report
A pro-BNP platform published Friday the panel of councillor candidates to contest the upcoming elections to the twin Dhaka City Corporations in the capital in what is dubbed the battle of ballot.
The list of nominees for the April 28 voting came from the 'Adarsha Dhaka Andolan' or Ideal Dhaka Movement dominated by professional groups in the camp BNP-led alliance that had conducted a tough movement for fresh national elections.
"The BNP-led 20-party alliance has extended its support to the candidacies announced for general councillor and reserved-seat councillor for women in Dhaka North and Dhaka South City Corporations," said a news release, signed by Adarsha Dhaka Andolan convener Prof Emajuddin Ahmad and member-secretary Shawkat Mahmud.
It also named Tabit Awal as mayoral candidate for DNCC and Mirza Abbas for DSCC.
Dhaka South: Ward 1: Humayun Kabir, ward 2: Habiba Chowdhury Bithi, ward 3: Abul Hossain, ward 4: Golam Hossain, ward 5: Hamidul Haq, ward 6: Shamsul Huda, ward 7: Shamsul Huda Kajal, ward 8: Ismail Hossain, ward 9: Maqbul Ahmed Akand, ward 10: Harunur Rashid, ward 11: Delwar Hossain Delu, ward 12: Fazle Rubaiyat Pappu, ward 13: Lokman Hossain Fakir, ward 14: Rafiqul Haque, ward 15: Open/next time, ward 16: Sirajul Islam, ward 17: Saidur Rahman, ward 18: Jahangir Hossain, ward 19: Ariful Islam Arif, ward 20: Open/next time, ward 21: Khwaja Habibullah Habib, ward 22: Next time, ward 23: Sayeed Hossain Sohel, ward 24: Open/ next time, ward 25: Haji Altaf Hossain, ward 26: Meer Ashraf Ali Azam, ward 27: Syeda Morshed, ward 28: Umme Khadija Parvez, ward 29: Shafiqul Islam Russell, ward 30: Haji Md Abdur Razzak, ward 31: Rafiqul Islam Russell, ward 32: Imranul Islam, ward 33: Md Mohan, ward 34: Md Mamun, ward 35: Yakub Sarker, ward 36: Next time, ward 37: ABM Parvez Reza, ward 38: Meherunnesa, ward 39: Open/next time, ward 40: Maqbul Islam Khan Tipu, ward 41: Md Liakat Ali, ward 42: Next time, ward 43: Md Farid Uddin Ahmed, ward 44: Md Abdus Shahed Montu, ward 45: Abdul Kadir, ward 46: Md Faruq, ward 47: Kazi Mahbub Mowla Himel, ward 48: Atikullah Atik, ward 49: Open/next time, ward 50: Raisel Hasan Hobi, ward 51: Nazir Ahmed Miah, ward 52: Badal Rana, ward 53: Md Meer Hossain Miru, ward 54: Open/ next time, ward 55: Haji Md Shahidullah, ward 56: Haji Abdul Baten and ward 57: Md Russell Alam.
Reserved Women's Seat: 2, 3, 4: Shamima Akhter Soma, 5, 6, 7: Hosne Ara Chowdhury, 8, 9, 10: Hosne Ara Begum, 1, 11, 12: Majeda Begum Mita, 13, 19, 20: Syeda Moriom Begum Seema,16, 17, 21:Shirin Jahan, 14, 15, 18: To be announced later, 22, 23, 26:Nilofa Rahman, 24, 25, 29: Shahin Akhter Shanu, 27, 28, 30:Samsun Nahar Bhuiyan, 31, 32, 33: Nasreen Rashid Putul, 35, 36, 37:Mrs Suraiya Begum, 34, 38, 41:Momtaz Chowdhury Tutu, 39, 40, 49: Farida Yasmin, 48, 50, 51Rashida Akter Rani, 42, 43, 44: Moni Begum, 45, 46, 47: Asma Afrin, 52, 53, 54:Khaleda Alam, 55, 56, 57: Salma Akhter Fatema.
Dhaka North, Candidates in different words (1 to 36 except 26): Mostafizur Rahman Shegun, Md Sazzad Hossain, Kazi Ali Imam Asad, Sabbir Dewan (Johnny), Md Anwar Hossain, Mahfuz Hossain Khan (Sumon), Rabiul Awal Sohel, Ferdousi Ahmed (Misty), Dr Md Badiuzzaman, Md Masud Khan, ALM Kawser Ahmed, Md Babul Akhtar, Md Abdul Matin, Akhtar Hossain Zillu, Md Liakot Ali, Alhaj Syed Ekram Hossain Babul, Md Shahinur Alam, Kazi Abdul Latif, Faruk Hossain Bhuiyan, Md Hahib Ullah Hoby, AGM Samsul Haque Samsu, Fayez Ahmed, Abul Meser, Mahmudul Alam Montu, Saiful Alam Kajal, Anwaruzzaman Anwar, Principal A Sattar, Md Enayetul Hafiz, Abdul Hashem Hashu, Farid Uddin Farhad, Atiqul Islam Matin, Sahabuddin Munna, Md Osman Gani Shajahan, Sheikh Amir Hossain Amir, Sajeda Ali Helen.
Reserved Women's Seat: 1, 17, 18: Saleha Akhter, 4, 15, 16: Amena Khatun, 2, 3, 5: Meherun Nesa, 6, 7, 8: Mili Jakaria, 9, 10, 11: Nazma Kabir, 12, 13, 14: Runa Akter, 19, 20, 21: Tahmina Shahin, 22, 23, 36: To be announced later, 24, 25, 35: Aleya Begum Moni, 26, 27, 28: Rokeya Sultana Tamanna, 29, 30, 32: Farhana Yasmin Atika, 31, 33, 34: Anwara Begum.
