Govt at its goal of holding election by Dec, says CA
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
BEIJING, Sept 15: Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed today said his caretaker government is almost at the end of achieving its goal of holding a free, fair and credible general election within December this year, reports UNB.
"We hope and believe that election will be held by December this year," the head of the caretaker government said at a reception hosted in his honour at Bangladesh House (Bangladesh embassy) in the Chinese capital.
Bangladeshi students, businessmen, experts of different professions living, working and studying in China, officials of the embassy as well as Chinese elite were present at the function.
The CA said the Election Commission had already completed the voter list with photographs of more than 80 million voters. "Such gigantic task in a short time is a remarkable achievement," he said, adding that he does not know whether any other country has done such a task in such a short time.
On economy, Fakhruddin said the economy has had difficult times in last several months for the rise in prices of petroleum products and food on the international market. "We have really overcome the situation."
Referring to the meeting on Sunday of Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF) in Dhaka to mark its first founding anniversary, he said the forum was formed last year to forge a strong public-private partnership. "We have made some progress in this sector."
"We hope and believe that election will be held by December this year," the head of the caretaker government said at a reception hosted in his honour at Bangladesh House (Bangladesh embassy) in the Chinese capital.
Bangladeshi students, businessmen, experts of different professions living, working and studying in China, officials of the embassy as well as Chinese elite were present at the function.
The CA said the Election Commission had already completed the voter list with photographs of more than 80 million voters. "Such gigantic task in a short time is a remarkable achievement," he said, adding that he does not know whether any other country has done such a task in such a short time.
On economy, Fakhruddin said the economy has had difficult times in last several months for the rise in prices of petroleum products and food on the international market. "We have really overcome the situation."
Referring to the meeting on Sunday of Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF) in Dhaka to mark its first founding anniversary, he said the forum was formed last year to forge a strong public-private partnership. "We have made some progress in this sector."