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Ruling Awami League has submitted the nomination paper to the Election Commission on behalf of incumbent President Abdul Hamid for upcoming presidential election.
An AL delegation, led by the party's General Secretary Obaidul Quader, submitted the nomination paper to returning officer and Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda at latter's office on Monday noon.
The deadline for submission of nomination paper for presidential election will expire at 4pm today.
Earlier on Friday, AL team, led by chief whip AS Feroz, collected the nomination paper from the returning officer's office of the Election Commission at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city.
If election commission will not receive any other nomination paper, the lone candidate will be declared elected unopposed.
Awami League on January 31 nominated M Abdul Hamid as its candidate to contest the presidential election.
The nomination was finalised at a meeting of the Awami League Parliamentary Board held at the Prime Minister's official residence Ganabhaban with Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
According to UNB, Hamid was elected the Speaker in the 9th Parliament and served office in this capacity during the period 2009-2013.
After the death of Zillur Rahman on March 20, 2013 in Singapore, Hamid became acting President from that day.
Later, he was elected President uncontested as the 22nd President of Bangladesh on April 22 in 2013.
He was sworn in to the office of President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh on April 24, 2013.