EC ready for Dhaka city polls

The Election Commission (EC) has made elaborate preparations for two Dhaka city corporation polls, to be held tomorrow (February 1).

The voting will begin at 8.00am on Saturday and will end 4.00am without any break.

Electioneering for the polls ended on Thursday midnight in line with the electoral rules.

All candidates participating in the city polls, their supporters and followers were directed to stop their electioneering before midnight (12am).

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) have 13 mayoral candidates. DNCC has 1,318 polling centers for around 30.10 lakh voters. In DSCC, there are 1,150 polling centers for around 24.53 lakh voters.

They mayoral and councilor candidates started their respective electioneering on January 10 following the allocation of election symbols.

The government has issued an 18-hour ban on plying of all kinds of vehicular from January 31 midnight to 6 pm on February 1 marking the Dhaka South and North City Corporation polls.

Besides, motorcycles are not allowed to run from Thursday midnight (January 30) till 6am on February 2.

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