Dhaka, July 3 -- The Election Commission (EC) has removed provisions for setting up polling booths for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in local government elections.

It is an extension of the policy shift first adopted for the upcoming national polls.

EVMs had been in use in different forms across local government elections -- city corporations, municipalities, district, Upazila, and union councils -- since 2010.

But the commission led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has now decided to discontinue their use in all such elections.

Accordingly, the Local Government Election Centre Setup and Management Policy 2025, gazetted on Jun 26 and published on the EC website on Thursday, no longer includes any clause about setting...