The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 20-party alliance is going to nominate lone candidate in the mayoral by-polls of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The decision was taken at the meeting of the alliance held at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital city on Monday (Jan 8), local media reports said. Begum Khaleda Zia presided over the meeting.
It was learnt that, top leaders of the alliance agreed to task Khaleda Zia with the job of finalizing the candidate in the mayor post.
DNCC by-polls is likely to be held on Feb 26.