Dhaka, Dec 27 : Residents in 24 municipalities across Bangladesh will go to the polls on Monday to cast their ballots in the first phase of the country’s municipal elections amid coronavirus pandemic. Ballots will be cast using electronic voting machines (EVM) from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., bdnews24 reported. Candidates from Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party, Islami Andolan Bangladesh and Jatiya Ganatantrik Party are vying for the post of mayor in the 24 municipal areas. All arrangements have been made for voting using EVMs,” bdnews24 quoted Ashok Kumar Debnath, additional secretary to the Election Commission, as saying on Sunday. The law requires the local government body to conduct polls within 90 days before the end of a term.

Source: bd News24 December 27, 2020 09:00 UTC