The Election Commission (EC) has no plan for the time being to introduce Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the next Jatiya Sangsad polls.Information Minister Hasanaul Haque Inu, who is also in-charge of the Election Commission Secretariat in the House, said this today in reply to a scripted query from treasury bench member Momtaz Begum. The ... Read more
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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.
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, ... Read more