Dhaka, July 10 -- The Election Commission (EC) has proposed to regain its authority to suspend or cancel the entire election results of a parliamentary constituency in the case of irregularities.

Besides, the Election Commission has taken several significant decisions ahead of the next national election. These include ensuring the voting rights of expatriate Bangladeshis through the postal balloting system and a firm decision never to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in either parliamentary or local government elections.

The EC will also publish a draft demarcation of constituencies next week. It aims to complete the inclusion of fresh voters by August and has allowed some new political parties, who applied for registration, to sub...