Upazila Parishad polls Feb 19

Elections will be held in 102 Upazila Parishads on Feb 19.The Election Commission has announced the poll schedule on Sunday. Their terms will end by mid-February. There are 487 Upazila Parishads in Bangladesh. However, the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations are slated for February and the tests might coincide with polling in some areas. “We want to hold elections without causing problems to the students,” CEC Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad had said.