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Ahead of the local government elections and the voting in the Thakurgaon-1 constituency, the Election Commission (EC) is sitting in a meeting with representatives of various ministries and divisions this afternoon, Thursday. EC officials confirmed the matter on Thursday.
It has been learnt that the meeting will begin at 2:30pm in the conference room of Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin will preside over it. EC Deputy Secretary Mohammad Monir Hossain has already sent letters to the offices concerned regarding the meeting.
Those asked in the letter to be present at the meeting include the Cabinet Division; the governor of Bangladesh Bank (with a request to send the director of the Credit Information Bureau or a suitable official); the Ministry of Public Administration; the Ministry of Home Affairs; the inspector general of police; the Armed Forces Division; the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment; the Secondary and Higher Education Division; the Ministry of Shipping; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Ministry of Finance; the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs; the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives; the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education; the Posts and Telecommunications Division; the Technical and Madrasah Education Division; the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission; the directors general of Border Guard Bangladesh, the Coast Guard, Ansar and VDP, DGFI, NSI and NTMC; the Bangladesh Post Office; the head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit; and Bangladesh Bank.
According to the EC’s plan, the union parishad elections will be held in mid-November. And voting in the Thakurgaon-1 by-election will take place on 29 October.
