Presidential nomination may be on today's agenda: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the issue of the party's presidential nomination may be on the agenda in its parliamentary meeting today.

Quader made the remark while talking to reporters after inspecting the road safety awareness programme organised by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) at Matsya Bhaban More in the capital, reports state-run news agency BSS.

But it was not like everything would be fixed today, he said.

"Prime Minister and AL President Sheikh Hasina is thinking of it. She will take the decision and our party will accept it. Our president's decision is final," Quader added.

The tenure of Hamid, the longest serving president of the country, will expire on April 23, and according to the constitution, there is no scope for his re-election.

Article 50 (2) of the constitution reads that no person shall hold office as president for more than two terms, whether or not the terms are consecutive.

Hamid was appointed acting president of Bangladesh on March 14, 2013, while then president Zillur Rahman was in hospital in Singapore. Zillur died six days later.

Hamid was then elected unopposed as president on April 22, 2013, and was sworn into office two days later. On February 7, 2018, he was re-elected unopposed for a second term.