Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Though deeply involved in party strategy and election planning for almost 20 years, Tarique Rahman has never campaigned as a candidate himself. That changes in the next general election, where he will contest Bogura-6.

The acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) had hinted at this move earlier.

In an interview with BBC Bangla in early October, when asked if he would contest the election, he replied confidently: "Yes, God willing."

At a press conference on Monday afternoon at the party chairperson's office in Gulshan, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir read out the names of 237 party nominees.

He announced that Tarique would run for Bogura-6 (Sadar).

Bogura -- the birthplace of late Pr...