Awami League has nominated Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Atiqul Islam as mayoral candidates for the upcoming Dhaka North and South City corporations polls.

AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names at a press briefing at party President's Dhanmondi office in the capital on Sunday.

Earlier on Saturday night, the AL local government nomination board held a meeting to nominate its mayoral contestants for the two city corporations.

AL President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting.

The elections to Dhaka North and South City Corporations will be held on January 30 next year.

Atiqul is a business tycoon and former president of BGMEA and he became the DNCC mayor contesting the by-elections following the death of former mayor Annisul Huq.

A three-time elected MP Taposh is the son of Jubo League founding chairman and Bangabandhu’s nephew Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni. Taposh’s elder brother Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash has recently been elected as Jubo League Chairman.