Atiqul Islam and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh will contest as the Awami League's mayoral runners in the polls to the two Dhaka city corporations scheduled for Jan 30.
General Secretary Obaidul Quader made the announcement at the party chief's Dhanmondi offices on Sunday (Dec 28).
The ruling party has decided to go for Taposh, the ruling lawmaker from Dhaka-10, for the South city, turning down incumbent mayor Sayeed Khokon.
For the North, the ruling party has picked incumbent mayor, businessman Atiqul Islam. 

After the city corporation was split, an election was held in 2015 and Annisul Huq was elected as Dhaka North mayor while Sayeed Khokon for Dhaka South.

Atiqul Islam was elected in the by-election following the death of Annisul Huq.
According to the law, both Taposh and Atiq will have to step down from their current posts to contest the mayoral poll.
A total of 20 people -- 12 for Dhaka North and eight for South -- had sought the Awami League ticket for the elections.
On Dec 22, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the polls fixing Jan 30 for voting.
The aspirants have until Dec 31 to submit their nomination papers. The nominations will be verified on Jan 2 while the deadline for withdrawing from the race ends on Jan 9.
The 180-day countdown for the commission to complete elections has already started as the terms of the Dhaka North mayor and councillors end on May 13, 2020, while the tenure of South city mayor and councillors completes on May 16, 2020.
According to the EC, the two city corporations have over 5.4 million voters — 3.35 million in North city and 2.37 million in South city.
Along with electing the mayors, North city voters will also elect 54 ward councillors and 18 reserved women councillors while voters in South will elect 75 ward councillors and 25 reserved women councillors.