File photo of Former BGMEA president Atiqul IslamThe DNCC mayor's post became vacant after the death of mayor Annisul Huq on November 30, 2017Former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam is set to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls after having his nomination form collected. Mizanur Rahman, Atiqul's election coordinator, collected the form on Atiqul's behalf from the Election Commission Secretariat in Dhaka's Agargaon area around 2pm on Sunday. The form will be submitted to the commission on January 30, he told reporters after collecting the form. Also Read - Atiqul gets AL ticket for DNCC by-polls, Lipi for Kishoreganj 1 re-electionEarlier, the commission scheduled the mayoral by-polls for DNCC and the new city corporation wards for February 26 last year. The High Court finally cleared the way for the by-polls to be held in a verdict on January 16 this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 27, 2019 10:18 UTC