EC asks NCP to choose one from its list of approved symbols | News

DHAKA, Oct 14, 2025 (BSS) - Election Commission (EC) Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed today said the National Citizen Party (NCP) wanted ‘Shapla (water lily)’ as its election symbol but the EC could not allocate it as it is not in the list. “The NCP has been asked to select a symbol from the EC’s list and inform it by October 19 . . . If it is not informed within this stipulated timeframe, the EC will allocate a symbol to the party through its own method,” he said while talking to reporters in front of the EC office at the Agargaon Election Building here today. Replying to a query of journalist, he said, “The EC’s position on the ‘Shapla...