Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- The Election Commission is going to postpone the election to Sherpur-3, following the death of Jamaat-e-Islam candidate Mohammad Nuruzzaman Badal from the constituency.

"The election to Sherpur-3 constituency will be postponed. Fresh proceedings will begin there," Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud told UNB.

Mohammad Nuruzzaman Badal passed away early Wednesday. He breathed his last at around 1:30am while undergoing treatment for kidney complications at a hospital in Mymensingh.

According to the Article 17 of the Representation of the People Order 1972, "If a validly nominated candidate who has not withdrawn his candidature dies, 1 [or if his candidature is cancelled under clause (2) of Article 91E,] the Return...