Dhaka, Dec. 18 -- Law enforcing agencies will be deployed for five days before and after the 13th parliamentary election and the accompanying referendum, the Election Commission says.

The commission had previously announced the election schedule, setting Feb 12 as voting day.

According to the plan, law-enforcing personnel will be in the field from Feb 9, three days before the election, until Feb 13, the day after the vote.

The deployment plan was detailed in a "special circular on law and order" for the election issued on Thursday.

The circular said all forces, except Ansar and the Village Defence Party (VDP), will be deployed for five days, covering three days before the vote, the day of the election, and one day afterward.

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