EC meets president at Bangabhaban

Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda and other election commissioners are meeting with president Abdul Hamid ahead of the announcement of the eleventh parliamentary election schedule on Thursday.

Four election commissioners — Mahbub Talukdar, Rafiqul Islam, Kabita Khanam and Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury — and the commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed are accompanying Huda.

EC secretary Helal Uddin said the meeting is to brief the president of the overall preparations for the parliamentary election.

It is actually a tradition that the commission meets the president before the announcement of schedule to any general election.

President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin said the meeting began after 3:30pm at the presidential palace.

The Election Commission is set to announce the schedule in the first week of November after the countdown to the election began on October 31.

The commission will hold a crucial meeting on November 3 to discuss the parliamentary election and set the voting date.

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