Chief Election Commi-ssioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda will declare the schedule for the 11th parliamentary elections on November 08, reports BSS. "The CEC will announce the schedule for the forthcoming parliamentary elections and address to the nation on the day," Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury told reporters at a press conference at the Nirbachan Bhaban in city's Agargaon Sunday evening. He said, "We have decided to declare the polls schedule on November 08 and the polls will be held 45 days after the declaration of the schedule." EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed and Joint Secretary SM Asaduzzaman were present in the press conference. Earlier, the CEC held a meeting with the commissioners at the commission office to fix the date to announce the schedule for the next parliamentary polls on Sunday afternoon.
Besides, another meeting of the Election Commission was held Sunday morning with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in the chair.
EC joint secretary SM Asaduzzaman said the commission finalised the draft rules for using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the general election.
He said the EC formulated the draft rules in line with the recent amendment to the Representation of the People Order (Amendment) 1972 which incorporated a provision to pave the way for using EVM in the general election.
CEC to declare polls schedule on Nov 08
EC finalises draft rules for using EVM
FE Team | Published: November 04, 2018 23:51:11
CEC to declare polls schedule on Nov 08
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