National elections at December end: EC

The 11th parliamentary election will be held in the last week of December, the Election Commission said today.

Preparation is going on to introduce Electronic Voting Machine in 100 electoral constituencies, EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said.

With only a few months left before the national elections, the Election Commission is planning to use electronic voting machines in the polls amid opposition from different political parties including the BNP.

In the commission's electoral dialogues last year, 35 of the 40 registered parties, including the BNP and its allies, opposed the idea of EVM in the next general election.

The final session of this Jatiya Sangsad will begin on September 9.

Source: thedailystar