UNB: Symbols have been allocated among the seven mayoral candidates in Barishal City Corporation election.
Returning Officer Humayun Kabir distributed the symbols at the regional election officer’s office at Nathullabad in the city yesterday morning.
The candidates and their symbols are: Awami League’s Abul Khair Abdullah (boat), Jatiya Party’s Iqbal Hossain Taposh (plough), Islami Andolan Bangladesh’s Mufti Syed Mohammad Faizul Karim (hand fan), Zaker Party’s Mizanur Rahman Bachchu (rose), independent candidate Kamrul Ahsan (clock), Asaduzzaman (elephant), and Ali Hossain (deer).
In the case of councillor candidates, symbols were allotted through lottery.