CHATTOGRAM: Election Commission (EC) declared nine upazilas of Chattogram as "special areas" to prevent inclusion of Rohingya refugees in voter list.

The upazilas are--Rangunia, Boalkhali, Patiya, Karnaphuli, Anwara, Chandanaish, Satkania, Lohagara and Banshkhali.

Residents of these upazilas will have to fill-up special information form beside the common one.

Meanwhile, 15-member special committees have been formed, with the Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) as the conveners and Election Officers (EOs) as the member secretaries, in the upazilas.

They were given a set of 10 tasks in a letter signed by EC Assistant Secretary Mosharraf Hossain.

Updating the existing voter list will be started in six upazilas of the port city on Tuesday (April 23).

BDST: 2115 HRS, APR 22, 2019
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