HC dismisses writ; Dhaka city polls Jan 30
The High Court on Tuesday fixed January 30 for holding Dhaka South and North city Corporations polls dismissing the writ which sough deferment of election.
An HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Khayrul Alam passed the order.
On january 6, Adv Ashoke Kumar filed the writ before the HC to defer the election date as Saraswati Puja, one of the religious festivals of the Hindu community, will be held on January 29 and 30.
In the writ he said, all the educational institutions across the country will be busy for holding programmes ahead of the puja at that time.
