Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday ordered the authorities concerned to complete, by December, the preparations for the upcoming national election.
The polls are likely to take place in February or April, he told a meeting with law enforcers at the state guest house Jamuna in the capital.
The meeting, which discussed the law enforcement agencies’ preparedness for the election, was also attended by the home adviser, the national security adviser, the home secretary and top officials of the police, Rab, Ansar, Coast Guard and other forces.
Earlier, on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, Yunus had said elections may take place in the first half of April next year.
“Later, we informed that if preparations are completed and reforms implemented, the election could be held before Ramadan — possibly in February. This means that everything needed to build the institutional framework for the election must begin now,” Yunus was quoted as saying by his Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam at a briefing last night.
On June 13, after a meeting with Tarique Rahman in London, where the BNP acting chairperson suggested that polls could take place before Ramadan, Yunus said it was indeed possible to hold the election the week before the month of fasting if all preparations are completed.
Ramadan is expected to begin in the third week of February.
LND/SAE
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