Dhaka, March 17 -- The Election Commission (EC) has opened a meeting with the heads of missions from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states to brief them on preparations for the next general election in Bangladesh.

The meeting began on Monday at the EC headquarters in Agargaon, with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, three other election commissioners, and the EC secretary in attendance.

Invitations were sent to mission heads from Afghanistan, Algeria, Brunei Darussalam, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, reports bdnews24.com.

Apart from providing an update on the progress of election pr...