Dhaka, June 16 -- The Election Commission has requested the government to provide progress reports on the repair and renovation of polling station structures that are likely to be used in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The EC on Monday sent an urgent letter to six government officials --four secretaries and two chief engineers -- seeking updates on the progress of repair and renovation works to be sent within one month.

The six officials are the senior secretary of the Secondary and Higher Education Division, the secretaries of the Primary and Mass Education Ministry, the Technical and Madrasah Education Division and the LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry, and the chief engineers of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) ...