Tangail by-polls: Curtain falls on campaign
Thursday, 27 March 2014
The curtain falls on Tangail-8 by-election campaign on Thursday midnight, 32 hours before the voting opens. Five candidates -- Anupam Shahjahan of the ruling Awami League, Sadek Siddiqui of JP (Manju) and independent Abdul Malek (AL rebel) and Principal Abu Sayeed (AL rebel) and Liaqat Ali -- are contesting the by-polls slated for Saturday. The Tangail-8 seat (Basail-Sakhipur) fell vacant following the death of AL MP Shawkat Momen Shajahan, father of Anupam Shahjahan, on January 20, according to a news agency.