BSS: The Election Commission will hold Upazila Parishad elections in five phases from first week of March.
The commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on Monday said schedule of the election will be announced in the first week of February. In first four phases, elections to most of upazila parishads will be held and in fifth phase there will be elections where election could not held for various grounds, he said. Helal Uddin also said the commission plans to use electronic voting machines in upazilas at district headquarters.
The Upazila Parishad elections were held in a day in 1990 and 2009 after the local government body was formed in 1985.
The previous commission held the elections to around 500 Upazilas in six phases from March in 2014, months after the last general election.