Dhaka, July 11 -- The Election Commission (EC) of Bangladesh convened its eighth commission meeting today to discuss key legal reforms, including amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972.

The meeting, presided over by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, commenced at 11am at the EC headquarters in Agargaon, Dhaka.

All four Election Commissioners, senior secretary to the EC and other high-ranking officials were in attendance.The commission took a scheduled recess at 1:30pm, with confirmation that discussions would resume later in the day.

Shariful Alam, Director of Public Relations at the EC, informed the media that further details would be disclosed following the meeting's conclusion.

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