Bangladesh Bank has asked for information from candidates to identify defaulters

The second phase of the sixth upazila parishad election will be held on May 21. Bangladesh Bank has asked all the returning officers to provide the information of the candidates so that defaulters cannot be candidates in this phase of voting. Additional Director of Credit Information Bureau of the central bank. Anichur Rahman has given a letter regarding this to the returning officers. Earlier, the Election Commission had asked to take necessary measures to provide information to the loan defaulters. In his letter, Anichur Rahman said, in order to provide information related to the debt of the candidates who filed nomination papers for the second phase of Upazila Parishad elections, the full name, father’s name, mother’s name, husband’s name (if applicable) in Bengali and English, national identity card number, taxpayer identification number, date of birth of all candidates. , information including permanent and present address should be duly filled as per the attached table and sent through e-mail after giving the name of the Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer along with seal, signature and phone (mobile) number. 2 thousand 55 candidates have submitted their nomination papers in the second phase of upazila polls. Election Commission Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath said that 730 people have filed nomination papers for the post of chairman, 763 for the post of vice chairman and 562 for the post of female vice chairman. According to the schedule for the second phase, the last date for filing nomination papers was Sunday. Selection of nomination papers from 23 April, acceptance of appeals from 24 to 26 April, disposal of appeals from 27 to 29 April. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is 30th April. Allotment of symbols is on May 2. Voting in 160 upazilas will be held on May 21. Additional District Commissioners have been appointed as Returning Officers and Upazila Nirbahi Officers as Assistant Returning Officers in this round of elections. Where the number of voters is more than 5 lakh, there will be more than one Assistant Returning Officer. District Election Officers and Upazila Election Officers have been appointed as Assistant Returning Officers in this round of elections. The appellate authority is the District Commissioner.

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