File photo of High Court building Dhaka TribuneThe HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the orderThe High Court (HC) has turned down a writ petition seeking its directive to defer the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations. The High Court bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the order on Tuesday considering the progress in the election process and the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations scheduled to take place on February 2, reports UNB. Following the High Court order, the elections to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) will be held as per its previous schedule on January 30. On January 6, Advocate Ashoke Kumar Ghosh, a Supreme Court lawyer, filed the writ seeking its directive to defer the polls as Saraswati Puja, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Hindu community, will be celebrated across Bangladesh on the day. On December 22 last year, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the election schedule for the polls to DNCC and DSCC fixing January 30 as the voting date.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 14, 2020 10:07 UTC