Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- Election Commissioner (EC)Abdur Rahman el Masud has again assured that the commission is prerogative to holding parliamentary polls by December then local body polls.

He said Election Commission is not considering local government elections at this moment.

The commissioner made the statement while speaking to journalists after inspecting the Dhamrai Upazila Election Office on Thursday morning.

Masud said: "You have already heard multiple times that the chief adviser and all officials have confirmed the parliamentary election will take place by December.

Therefore, our primary focus is on the parliamentary election, and we are not currently thinking about local elections."

Before addressing the media, the upazila adm...