Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners were sworn in this afternoon.
Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique administered their oaths at the Judges’ Lounge of the Supreme Court at 4:30pm. Supreme Court Registrar General Md Ali Akbar
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Ex-defence secretary Habibul Awal made CEC
Former secretary of defence ministry Kazi Habibul Awal has been appointed as the next chief election commissioner.
President Abdul Hamid also appointed retired district and sessions judge Begum Rashida Sultana, Brig Gen (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan, retired senior secretary Md Alamgir, and
EC to review parties’ pleas on registration
The Election Commission (EC) is set to review the pleas of political parties for registration with the poll panel for taking part in the upcoming national elections.
“We are set to send the proposals to the commission for reviews of the pleas of the political parties as we observed that some parties committed silly mistakes while
EC to cancel candidatures if political link found
The Election Commission (EC) will cancel the candidature of mayoral aspirants if they find any link between the candidates and political parties during the election campaign.
As part of its regular duties to make the election process fair and free of undue influence, the commission has taken several steps. One of these measures will entail
EVM to be used in BCC elections
The Election Commission has decided to use electronic voting machine in two centres at one of the 30 wards in the third Barisal City Corporation election scheduled to be held on June 15.
Returning officer’s office of third BCC election said EVM would be used
in two vote centers of ward 16 having 4,181 voters.
DCC poll not now, ward delimitation first: EC
Election commissioner M. Shahnewaz told journalists on Tuesday that the Election Commission (EC) has decided that it will conduct the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) poll after the areas of the DCC wards are delimited. Following a meeting at the EC secretariat, Shahnewaz observed that to complete the election process of the divided DCC, the task of demarcating areas should
Delay in EC’s project hampers voter list upgradation
Implementation of the Identification System for Enhancing Access to Service project of Tk 1560 crore, funded by the World Bank, has been delayed due to change of specification of tender process by a vested quarter. It would not be possible to upgrade the voter list before the upcoming parliamentary election, if the project was not implemented in proper time,
38 bodies seek EC nod for parliamentary polls
As many as 38 organisations have applied for registration as political parties, with the Election Commission (EC), to contest the forthcoming parliamentary polls.
Election commissioner Mohammad Abdul Hafiz told The Independent that it was mandatory for outfits, willing to take part in general elections, to be registered
87 constituencies redrawn: EC
The Election Commission on Wednesday published the draft of redrawn parliamentary constituencies, with changes in 87 out of the 300 constituencies in view of general elections scheduled for January 2014.
The commission did not change the number of constituencies as they were in each district before the 2008 elections. The number of constituencies in Dhaka remained unchanged although, including
BUET agrees to transfer EVM technology to EC
EC officers would be trained on EVM operation
The Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology has decided to transfer the electronic voting machines, it developed, to the Election Commission.
To this end, BUET’s Institute of Information and Communication Technology would also train nine IT Department officers of the Election Commission from September 2 to 5, according to
EC to sit with former election commissioners
The Election Commission is likely to sit with former chief election commissioners and election commissioners to get their suggestions and take advantage of their experience in order to hold the next general elections smoothly.
‘Besides talking to civil society members and political parties, we are planning to
EC to sue voters enrolled twice
The Election Commission is preparing to take legal action against those who enlisted themselves twice in the electoral rolls, election commissioner Md Shah Nawaz said on Thursday.
He said the commission had found out that many people became dual voters like in the past.
Using Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the commission in
Polls to 3,813 UPs in May 31-July 5
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced a 36-day timeline for elections to 3,813 union parishads in 414 upazilas across the country starting on May 31.
‘A committee comprising the deputy commissioner, election officers and upazila executive officers for each district would set the dates for polling in between May 31 and July 5 in the