HC halts DNCC mayoral by-polls for six months, not three: EC

The High Court (HC) halted the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls and elections to 18 new wards in the city corporation by six months, not three months, reports bdnews24.com.

The court also froze the elections to 18 new wards of Dhaka South by four months, an Election Commission official said after getting copies of the orders on Tuesday.

A bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the stay orders on Jan 17 and 18 after hearing two writ petitions challenging the schedule with the voting day on February 26.