5 more UZs to go to polls in late June
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
The Election Commission (EC) has planned to arrange elections in five more upazila (UZ) parishads at the end of June. The upazilas are Mehendiganj of Barisal, Atpara of Netrakona, Nakla of Sherpur, Madaripur Sadar and Bancharampur of Brahmanbaria. The commission is likely to announce the election schedule for the five upazilas within a couple of days, said an EC official preferring anonymity. Meanwhile, the EC held elections in 471 upazilas out of the country’s 487 in six phases, according to a news agency.