Polls to 14 local bodies postponed for flood
The Election Commission on Wednesday postponed elections and by-elections to some 14 local bodies, including newly formed Karnaphuli upazila in Chittagong, due to flood and natural disaster.
The polls and by-polls are scheduled to be held on August 20, said Director (PR) at the EC Secretariat SM Asaduzzaman, reports the UNB.
The elections include regular polls to Karnaphuli upazila, four union councils in two upazilas and three wards of Narayanganj and Chuadanga district councils, by-polls to seven union councils in seven upazilas, and re-election to chairman post of a union council.