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The Election Commission has begun meetings to finalise an action plan ahead of parliamentary elections, with officials signalling that a detailed roadmap could be unveiled before the end of August.
The meeting started at 2:30pm on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Dhaka’s Agargaon, with four election commissioners and senior secretariat officials convening, bdnews24.com reports.
The chief election commissioner was absent due to other commitments, while the EC secretary is currently in Japan.
“Since there are many components, it may not be possible to prepare everything and announce the roadmap today. In that case, we may need to wait until Sunday or Monday,” Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah said.
He added that once the commission’s internal discussions are complete, the progress will be reported to the CEC before finalising the roadmap.
“Only after that will the roadmap be announced,” Sanaullah said.