Former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam is set to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls after having his nomination form collected.
Mizanur Rahman, Atiqul's election coordinator, collected the form on Atiqul's behalf from the Election Commission Secretariat in Dhaka's Agargaon area around 2pm on Sunday.
The form will be submitted to the commission on January 30, he told reporters after collecting the form.
The Election Commission has fixed February 28 for the DNCC mayoral by-election, as well as the polls to elect councillors in 36 new wards added to Dhaka north and south city corporations.
Former Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Atiqul Islam was nominated by the ruling party for the mayoral by-polls once before in 2018, but the election was postponed by the High Court.
The DNCC mayor's post became vacant after the death of mayor Annisul Huq on November 30, 2017.
The Election Commission’s announcement came six days after the High Court scrapped a stay order on the election.
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Earlier, the commission scheduled the mayoral by-polls for DNCC and the new city corporation wards for February 26 last year.
However, the process faced a roadblock after Ataur Rahman and Jahangir Alam, union parishad chairmen of Bhatara and Beraid, respectively, filed a petition challenging the decision of their unions being added as city corporation wards.
The High Court finally cleared the way for the by-polls to be held in a verdict on January 16 this year.
