Polls to 14 local bodies postponed for flood
UNB
The Election Commission yesterday postponed elections and by-elections to some 14 local bodies, including newly formed Karnaphuli upazila in Chittagong, due to flood and natural disaster, reports UNB. The polls and by-polls are scheduled to be held on August 20, said Director (PR) at the EC Secretariat SM Asaduzzaman. The elections include regular polls to Karnaphuli upazila, 4 union parishads (UPs) in 2 upazilas and 3 wards of Narayanganj and Chuadanga district councils, by-polls to 7 UPs in 7 upazilas, and re-election to chairman post of a UPs.
