, Feb. 11 -- Election Commissioner Brig Gen (Retd) Abdul Fazal Md Sanaullah has informed the foreign diplomats stationed here that the Election Commission is taking preparation assuming that the next general election in December.

"We have told them that we have to take preparations by assuming the earliest date (to hold the election). Our position is still unchanged. We are taking preparations by assuming December. We do not have different preparations," he told reporters after a meeting at Nirbachan Bhaban on Tuesday.

The meeting was held meeting between the Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin and foreign diplomats from 18 countries and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at Nirbachan B...