Campaigning activities for the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election are set to end on Saturday midnight. No candidates will be allowed to continue electioneering after midnight as the election to the Khulna City Corporation is scheduled to be held on Monday. Also read: Will ensure level playing field in KCC polls: CEC Campaigning for the Khulna City Corporation election started on May 26 with the allocation of election symbols.  The whole city has been wearing a festive look during the electioneering. Also read: KCC polls: Formal electioneering begins through allocation of symbols This year, five candidates are vying for mayoral posts, 136 for councillors in 29 general wards, and 30 for reserved seats. Two councillors for wards 13 and 24 have been elected unopposed.  A total of 5,35,528 people are scheduled to exercise their franchise in the 31 wards of Khulna city and there are 1,732 polling booths under 289 polling stations.      

BNP senior joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came under attack in Tejgaon bus stand area in the capital during electioneering for the party mayoral candidate in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) on the last day of campaign on Thursday.

The capital turned into a city of processions on Thursday as both mayoral and councillor candidates staged showdowns to demonstrate their popularity at the last moment since the curtain is set to fall on electioneering in the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations on Thursday midnight.