Lawyer Ashok Kumar Ghosh on Thursday filed the petition seeking a stay on the elections slated for Jan 30. The Election Commission is preparing to hold the Dhaka North and Dhaka South city corporation election on Jan 30, having announced the schedule on Dec 22 last year. But the Saraswati Puja is slated for Jan 29 according to the Bangladesh calendar and as such the Puja Udjapon Parishad asked the Election Commission to reschedule the city elections. The Hindu, Buddhist, Christian Unity Council threw their support behind the demand later, but the EC refused to budge. But the bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Md Khairul Alam rejected the writ petition following a hearing on Tuesday.

Source: bd News24 January 16, 2020 09:11 UTC