The BNP has nominated party leader and former Jubo Dal general secretary Md Safiqul Islam Khan Milton to contest the upcoming national election from the Dhaka-15 constituency.
In this constituency, he will face off Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman as his main rival, sources said.
The BNP announced a primary list of candidates for 237 constituencies around the country following a meeting of its National Standing Committee at the party chairperson's office in the capital's Gulshan today (3 November).