Dhaka City Corporation election is taking place in a peaceful manner, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda.
“The whole scenario is positive and no unwanted incidents have been reported yet,” said Nurul Huda on Thursday (Feb 28) morning at his office.
Later, he left the office at 10.03am to cast his vote.
Voting is taking place at a total of 36 extended wards, including 18 wards under Dhaka North City Corporation and 18 under Dhaka South City Corporation from 8am on Thursday, which will continue till 4pm without any break.
A total of 382 mayor, councilor and reserved women councilor candidates are participating in the election. The four other aspirants for the mayor post are – Jatiya Party’s (JP) Shafin Ahmed, National People’s Party’s (NPP) Anisur Rahman Dewan, People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Shahin Khan and independent candidate Abdur Rahim. Atiqul Islam is contesting with Awami League’s ‘boat’ symbol while Shafin Ahmed with ‘plough’, Anisur Rahman Dewan with ‘Mango’, Shahin Khan with ‘Tiger’ and Abdur Rahim with ‘Table Clock’.
In terms of population, the DNCC is the country’s largest city corporation area with 2.35 million voters.

The mayoral post fell vacant after the death of former mayor Annisul Huq on Nov 30, 2017.