Dhaka, May 5 -- Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today (Tuesday) expressed hope that efforts would be made to hold all local-level elections within the next one year.

"We said it before and we are saying it again - we will try to complete all local-level elections within the next one year," he said, BSS reports.

Mirza Fakhrul, also the Secretary General of the ruling party BNP, made the remarks while talking to journalists after a discussion session between district administrators and the Rural Development and Cooperatives Division at the ongoing four-day Deputy Commissioners' Conference-2026 in the capital's Osmani Memorial Auditorium.

Mentioning that discussions were held at th...