N’ganj city polls Dec 22: CEC

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UNB, Dhaka :
The election in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) will be held on December 22. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Monday announced the election schedule at the media centre of the Election Commission Secretariat. As per the schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is November 24, while the date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers is on November 26-27 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is December 4.
The NCC will go to the second polls as its five-year tenure expires on December 27 next.
The maiden election to NCC was held on October 30, 2011 when Dr Selina Hayat Ivy was elected the country’s first female city mayor defeating Awami League-backed Shamim Osman.
BNP-blessed mayoral candidate Taimur Alam Khandaker had quit the race hours before the election.
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