Elections to 5 city corporations to be held between May 23 and Jun 29

Elections to five city corporations -- Barishal, Gazipur, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Sylhet -- will be held between May 23 and June 29.

"The polls will be held in three phases," said Election Commission secretariat secretary Jahangir Alam after a meeting of commissioners. 

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal presided over the meeting held at the EC office on Wednesday, reports BSS.

"Preliminary discussion on elections to the Gazipur, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barishal and Khulna, was held at the commissioners' meeting," Jahangir Alam added. 

He said the EC will announce the schedules in mid-April.

He said after the holy month of Ramadan, SSC examinations will be held till May 23 and Eid-ul-Azha will be held in June. "The EC has planned to hold the polls of five city corporations before the Eid-ul-Azha and after the end of SSC examinations," he added. 

Alam said as per the law, the EC has obligation to hold election to a city corporation in the last 180 days of the corporation's five-year tenure.