Only five municipalities and three union parishads will go to regular election, while the rest will go to by-electionsElections or by-elections to nearly 100 local bodies –- zila parishads, upazila parishads, municipalities and union parishads — will be held in different districts of the country on Thursday. The local bodies include four zila parishads, seven municipalities, 10 upazila parishads and 71 union parishads. Also Read- 2nd phase polls to 61 municipalities January 16Of these, only five municipalities and three union parishads will go to regular election, while the rest will go to by-elections. The three union parishads are Rantbhanga, Bandber and Char Shailmari of Rowmari Upazila under Kurigram district. Among 68 other union parishads, the by-polls to the chairman post will be held in seven unions.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 09, 2020 15:33 UTC