Awami League Chattogram city unit's Organising Secretary Noman Al Mahmud has been given the party's nomination for the Ctg-8 constituency by-polls scheduled to be held on April 27.

AL presidium member and member of the AL parliamentary nomination board, Engr Mosharraf Hossain confirmed it to The Daily Star yesterday.

A total of 27 AL leaders sought the party's nomination for Chattogram 8 (Boalkhali - Chandgoan) constituency by-polls, said Mosharraf.

"Of them, AL parliamentary nomination board, headed by AL president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, nominated Noman," he added.

The constituency remained vacant after the death of AL lawmaker Moslem Uddin Ahmed on February 5.