Taposh, Ishraque, 5 others' nominations declared legal

The nomination papers of all the seven candidates, including AL’s Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and BNP’s Ishraque Hossain, in the DSCC mayoral polls has been declared legal.

Dhaka South City Corporation’s returning officer Motiur Rahman confirmed it to the media on Thursday.

Five other candidates include Jatiya Party’s Mohammad Saifuddin, Journalist Md Akhtaruzzaman of Bangladesh Congress, Bahrane Sultan Bahar of National People’s Party, Abdus Samad of Ganofront, Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Abdur Rahman.

The mayoral polls to the DSCC and Dhaka North City Corporation (DSCC) are scheduled to be held on January 30.