The Election Commission is holding a daylong meeting to finalise the schedule for the 11th parliamentary election.
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is presiding over the meeting. Election commissioners Mahbub Talukdar, Rafiqul Islam, Kabita Khanam, Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury and EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed are present at the meeting.
The meeting that started at the Election Commission in Agargaon at 11:00 am will set the voting date and finalise the cut-off time for the submission and withdrawal of nomination papers and a detailed schedule for the polling day, according to a news agency report.
CEC Huda will speak on state-run television and radio at 7:00 pm to announce the election schedule. His speech will be recorded before its broadcast.