A total of 18 mayor aspirants have so far collection nomination forms in Dhaka and Chittagong for the upcoming city corporation polls.
Yesterday, 11 mayor aspirants collected forms in Dhaka and two in Chittagong, taking the total in the two cities to 13 and five respectively.
Jatiya Party leaders Bahauddin Ahmed Babul and Bobby Hajjaj, CPB leader Abdullah Al Kafi and Helena Jahangir were among those collected papers yesterday, said Dhaka north’s election officer Nazrul Islam.
In the port city, two persons named Golam Yiazdani and Mohammad Forkan Chowdhury collected papers for mayor run, said Returning Officer Md Abdul Baten.
With this, a total of 264 candidates wishing to race for the mayoral, ward councillor and reserved female ward councillor posts have so far collected nomination papers in Chittagong.
The deadline for submitting the papers is March 29. Scrutiny will be done on April 1 and 2 and the last date for withdrawal is April 9.
