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Bangladesh’s prime polls physique will announce the motion plan for the upcoming normal elections inside this week, a senior official has stated.
The thirteenth parliamentary polls in Bangladesh are set to happen in February subsequent yr.
Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed on Monday (August 18, 2025) stated {that a} draft of the election roadmap has been ready and can quickly be submitted to the polls physique for remaining approval, the state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) reported.
He stated the plan focuses on inter-departmental coordination and related operational points.
“We hope to finalise and publish it within the week,” the report quoted him as saying.
Asserting that there isn’t a motive to fear concerning the regulation and order scenario, he stated regulation enforcement companies and administrative officers are already lively of their respective areas.
“If everyone does their part responsibly, there won’t be any problem,” he stated.
He emphasised the significance of early preparation, noting that if all events concerned full their duties prematurely, the polling course of will be smoother and extra coordinated.
Ahmed’s remarks come amid rising hypothesis over the elections, following statements by leaders of the National Citizen Party who dismissed the opportunity of polls happening in February subsequent yr with out key reforms and the completion of trials initiated by the interim authorities.
Earlier this month, the interim authorities’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus stated the final elections would be held in February and the Election Commission subsequently announced the polls would be held within the first week of the month.
Published – August 19, 2025 02:48 pm IST