It is learnt that the name of BNP Secretary General and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been finalized for the next president of Bangladesh.

A senior BNP leader confirmed to the media that the decision was taken after BNP Chairman and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman finalized his nomination.

He said that BNP has decided to nominate long-time Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for the post of president. The leader said that Mirza Fakhrul's name has almost certainly been finalized by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman.

The ruling party BNP collected two nomination papers from the office of the Returning Officer of the Election Commission to participate in the upcoming presidential election. On Sunday (August 9), the Chief Whip of the National Assembly, Nurul Islam Moni, and the Senior Joint Secretary General of the BNP, Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, collected the nomination papers from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer at the Election Building in Agargaon, the capital.

Earlier, the Election Commission (EC) announced the schedule for the presidential election last Thursday. According to the announced schedule, the date for submitting nomination papers has been set for August 13. And the voting will be held on August 20.

According to the schedule, nomination papers will be submitted at the office of the Election Officer from 10 am to 4 pm on Thursday, August 13. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held at the Election Commission Building from 10 am on Sunday, August 16. The last time for withdrawal of candidacy is Tuesday, August 18, 4 pm.

The voting will be held in the session room of the National Assembly from 2 pm to 5 pm on Thursday, August 20.