Dhaka, Jan. 2 -- Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, the Awami League candidate for Dhaka South mayor, is wealthier than his rival the BNP's Ishraque Hossain.

But in Dhaka North, the BNP's Tabith Awal has more assets than the Awami League's Atiqul Islam has.

A total of 14 candidates for the mayor elections in the two city corporations, 834 for general councillors' posts, and 191 for councillor posts reserved for women submitted their wealth statements in affidavit along with the nomination forms to the Election Commission on Wednesday.

The commission will screen the papers on Thursday. The aspirants will start campaign after allocation of symbols on Jan 10, a day after the deadline for nomination withdrawal ends. The voting will be held on Jan 3...