Dhaka, March 2 -- Election Commissioner Tahmida Ahmed on Sunday made a proposal for conducting voting in open fields instead of closed rooms of schools and colleges in a bid to enhance transparency in the election process.

"How can it be transparent if we conduct the election in the closed rooms of a confined house? It definitely will not be transparent. That's why I want the elections to be held in an open field," she said while addressing a discussion at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital on Sunday, marking National Voter Day 2025.

This year, National Voter Day is being observed with the theme "We will cast votes together in your and my Bangladesh" (Tomar Amar Bangladeshe, Vote Dibo Milemishe).

Tahmida Ahmad said she wants to conduct th...