The nominations were finalized at a meeting of the party’s Local Government Nomination Board held at Ganabhaban on Saturday afternoon. Party Local Government Election Nomination Board Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting. The third phase election, in 127 Upazila Parishads under 17 districts in five divisions, will be held on March 24. Election Commission Joint Secretary SM Asaduzzaman announced the detailed schedule of the third phase upazila polls at a press conference at Election Secretariat in Dhaka's Agargaon area on February 14. According to the schedule, the deadline for nomination paper submission for the third phase polls had been set on February 26.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 24, 2019 03:56 UTC