Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said the AL would accept the elections through electronic voting machines (EVMs) as per capacity of the Election Commission (EC) to avoid one-million dollar expenditure amid the global economic recession.

"Bangladesh has become digitalized and we, under the prudent and farsighted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, are on the right track towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). We, definitely, want to use the modern technology - EVM) - which is being used in the world and through which vote rigging is not possible. We want the EVMs to stop violence and vote rigging during Begum Zia's tenure," he...