The party has decided to stay away from the mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation and elections to Upazila councils this time. “We are not contesting in mayoral by-polls to Dhaka North City Corporation and Upazila elections because we believe nothing but only farcical elections can happen under this government and Election Commission,” Mirza Fakhrul said. The Dhaka North mayoral by-polls will be contested on Feb 28, two months after the general election. The deadline for nomination submission for mayoral by-polls in Dhaka North and elections to the 36 new wards of the two city corporations expires on Jan 30. The EC last year announced schedule of the mayoral by-polls to the DNCC, but the voting was halted following a court order.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2019 15:33 UTC