Five mayor aspirants lose security deposits

SYLHET, June 22 (UNB): Five mayoral aspirants in the Sylhet City Corporation election among eight have lost their deposits for not getting enough votes.
According to election rules, they are losing their deposits because they did not get one-eighth of the valid votes in the results.
The mayoral candidates who lost their deposits are Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Mahmudul Hasan (hand fan), independent candidate Abdul Hanif Kutu (horse), independent candidate Mohammad Salauddin Rimon (cricket bat), Zaker Party's Zahirul Alam (rose) and independent candidate Mostaq Ahmed Rauf Mostafa (deer).