Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Six aspirants including two from BNP and one from Jamaat-e-Islami filed nomination papers to run the Thakurgaon-1 parliamentary by-election slated for November 29.

They submitted their nomination papers within the deadline that expired on Sunday (5:00pm), according to a factsheet sent by returning officer and Thakurgaon district election officer Md Kamrul Islam to the Election Commission Secretariat.

The Thakurgaon-1 constituency fell vacant after Mirza Fakhrul Islam was elected the country's 23rd president.

The two BNP nominated aspirants are Mirza Faysal Amin, younger brother of President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, and Obaidullah Masum and Jamaat nominated aspirant is Delowar Hossain.

Three other aspirants are M...