EC announces new dates for polls in cyclone-hit upazilas

The election commission has announced new dates for the upazila polls postponed in coastal areas due to the damage from Cyclone Remal.

Twenty Upazilas will go to the polls on Jun 9 instead, said EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam.

The announcement was made at the EC’s headquarters in Dhaka's Agargaon on Wednesday, according to bdnews24.com.

“The EC has made a decision on the polls suspended in Upazilas,” the EC secretary said. “The polls in coastal areas will be held on Jun 9. Voting in Chandpur’s Faridganj and Kechua Upazilas will be held during the fourth round of the polls on Jun 5. Voting in Cumilla’s Chandina – stayed due to a case – will also be held that same day.”