Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- The scrutiny of nominations for the 15 constituencies in Dhaka city has found 131 candidates valid to contest in the parliamentary polls scheduled to be held on Feb 12.

The Election Commission has cancelled 62 nomination papers and suspended one.

The scrutiny was done at the returning officer's office in Segunbagicha and the Election Training Institute in Agargaon.

Dhaka Divisional Commissioner and Returning Officer Sharf Uddin Ahmed Choudhury said they cleared 119 nominations for the 13 Dhaka city constituencies out of 174 submitted.

The sole suspended bid belongs to Ashraful Hoque, the Jamaat-e-Islami nominee for the Dhaka-18 seat. Hoque was granted additional time after requesting to submit a supplementary affidavi...