Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will contest from three parliamentary constituencies in the next national election -- marking the first time she will run from her birthplace, Dinajpur.

On Monday, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced her name as the candidate for Feni-1, Bogura-7, and Dinajpur-3 constituencies, all under the party's iconic paddy sheaf symbol.

The announcement came at a media briefing at the BNP chairperson's office in Gulshan, where Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir read out the names of candidates for 237 constituencies.

Under the electoral laws, a candidate may contest in up to five constituencies. Khaleda, a three-time former prime minister, has previously contested in five seats and ha...