The BNP is set to take to the streets demanding general elections by the end of this year and protesting the rising prices of essentials, said several standing committee members of the party.

The Election Commission is preparing with an aim to hold the next national election in December, said Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah, an election commissioner, yesterday.

"Ensure that no foreign nationals, particularly Rohingyas, are included in the voter list," he said

The Election Commission has no favourites, nor it is on anyone's side, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah today

If local government elections are held before the national polls, it would not be possible to meet the deadline set by the chief adviser for the parliamentary elections, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said yesterday.

Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud has said the parliamentary polls are expected to be held by late 2025 or early 2026.

The EC secretary met with a UNDP delegation led by UNDP resident representative Stefan Liller at the EC Secretariat

The Election Commission will not be involved in politics, Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin said yesterday.

Sixty-five percent of the people favour local government elections before the next national polls under the interim government, a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics study has found

Commission proposes reserving one-fourth of parliamentary seats for women who will be elected by popular vote

The study surveyed 46,000 people nationwide

The Election Commission is focused on the national polls, and not any other election, Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah said yesterday.

The BNP and its like-minded parties have firmly opposed plans to hold local government elections before the national polls.

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin yesterday said they were working wholeheartedly to hold free and fair polls.

The interim government is simultaneously preparing for national and local body elections, Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus told European Investment Bank [EIB] Vice-President Nicola Beer yesterday.

The EC made it public on January 2, showing 1,033,447 male and 1,024,827 female voters respectively.

The interim government is ready to hold elections this year if political parties do not want broader reforms, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam yesterday.

Voters were deprived of exercising their rights in past elections because decisions were made to serve the rulers' interests, said election commissioners yesterday.

The list now includes 6,33,30,103 male voters, 6,03,52,415 female voters, and 994 voters of the hijra community

He made the remarks during a views-exchange meeting with election officials at the Cumilla Regional Election Office, discussing voter list updates and preparation for the next national election