Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- The Election Commission has registered 66 organisations as local election observers as well as identified 16 more firms as eligible for registration as local election observers ahead of the upcoming 13th parliamentary election to be held in early February 2026.

"The 66 organisations have given the final registration as local election observer organisations. A public notification will soon be issued, inviting objections about the registration of 16 others," said EC's Director (Public Relations) Ruhul Amin Mollick.

About the 16 eligible election observer organisations, the claims, objections or complaints, if any, must be submitted in writing to the EC by November 27, 2025, he said.

Earlier on September 27, the EC had pu...