Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has announced that reforms to electoral laws and regulations, along with other essential preparations, must be finalised by October in order to facilitate the 13th parliamentary election scheduled for December.
"To conduct the election in December, I have to be fully prepared with everything by October, completing whatever necessary [for the election]. I've to announce the schedule at the end of October," he said on Sunday.
The CEC made the remark while addressing a dialogue titled "RFED Talk" with Reporters Forum for Election and Democracy-RFED at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.
He said the election commission needs to announce the election schedule at least two months or on...