Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presides over the 17th ECNEC meeting for 2021-’22 FY at NEC Conference Center in the city through video conference from Ganabhaban on Tuesday. PID photo

BNP to join party-based UP polls race

Ehsanul Haque Jasim :The BNP is now preparing for the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) polls under the banner of the 20-party alliance, sources said. The polls to around 600 UPs out of 4,500 will be held at the end of March in the first phase, while the elections to the other Union Parishads will be held in other phases till the end of July. BNP alleged that they faced debacle in the municipal polls due to ‘manipulation, irregularities and influence...

14 Jan 2016, 12:00 am