Sylhet-3 by-election postponed

The High Court (HC) has stayed by-election to Sylhet-3 constituency till August 5. The voting is scheduled for July 28.

A virtual bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim passed the order on Monday. Joint Secretary of Election Commission SM Asaduzzaman (acting) confirmed the news.

Six lawyers of the Supreme Court and seven voters collectively submitted a writ petition seeking its directive on the Election Commission to postpone the by-election due to Covid-19.

The Sylhet-3 constituency fell vacant after parliamentarian Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury died of coronavirus on March 11.