, April 9 -- Election Commissioner Mohammad Anwarul Islam Sarkar said that the Election Commission is preparing for the upcoming national elections with December as the timeline.

The work of updating the voter list is nearing completion as part of the preparation, he said while addressing a discussion meeting on the Voter List Updating Program 2025, held at deputy commissioner office in Narsingdi as the chief guest on Wednesday.

In both local government and national elections, the responsibility of the Election Commission is to conduct parliamentary elections and organising the presidential election, he said.

"The national parliament election is essentially our primary task. If there is political consensus and the government believes i...