Dhaka, July 25 -- Election to local-government bodies reverts to nonpartisan system as the interim government scraps the party-symbol provision widely disliked for "politicisation" of local governance.

"The Council of Advisers of the interim government Thursday approved amendments to four laws related to local governance so that party symbols are no longer used in local-government elections," said Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, Adviser for the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives, at a press briefing.

Previously, on July 1, the Ministry of Local Government had drafted four separate ordinances on the matter and submitted to the Cabinet Division. The drafts were then reviewed by the Council of Advisers and would n...