EC decision on UZ polls Feb 3

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UNB, Dhaka :
The Election Commission (EC) will hold a meeting on February 3 to decide on the schedule of upcoming Upazila Parishad polls.
EC Deputy Secretary (Establishment) Shahedunnabi Chowdhury called the meeting through a letter on Wednesday.
Sources at the EC said the 45th commission meeting would be held at 3pm at the chief election commissioner office about reserved seats and schedule of the fifth upazila polls.
EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed on January 10 said the polls would be held in phases starting from the first week of March.
The first Upazila Parishad election took place in 1985. The following three were held in 1990, 2009 and 2014. The last one was organised in six phases.
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