2nd phase upazila polls Mar 18

Staff Correspondent: The second phase election to the upcoming upazila parishads will be held on March 18.

Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed declared the polls schedule at a press conference at the Nirbachan Bhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar of Dhaka on Thursday.

The last date for filing nomination papers is February 18, February 20 for scrutiny and the deadline for withdrawing nominations is February 27, the EC secretary said.

Helaluddin said the second phase election to 129 upazila parishads in 17 districts of five divisions will be held.

In reply to a question of journalists, he said a guideline on EVM use has been sent to the law ministry for vetting. It will be decided after the vetting. But EVM will not be used in first phase election to upaliza parishads.

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