Rangpur, Aug. 20 -- The national election will be held in February, with no possibility of delay, reaffirmed Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives

Implementing the July Charter will make the election roadmap clearer, he said.

He was speaking to reporters while visiting Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur on Wednesday.

He said that in past local elections at city corporation, municipal and upazila levels, irregularities such as vote-rigging and centre takeovers had led to the dissolution of those institutions.

However, union parishads were not dissolved due to insufficient manpower for local governance. Considering public suffering, he stressed the need to restructure l...