Dhaka, Dec. 3 -- The Bangladesh Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah highlighting the importance of the upcoming general elections in Feb 2026, said that these elections would mark a defining moment for the whole nation, setting it on a new path for advancing its democratic journey.

"This is going to be the most consequential election in Bangladesh after independence," he told journalists this morning while inaugurating a day-long training programme for reporters.

"We stand before a very important election, and there are several dimensions to it."Claiming that the electoral system had suffered significant damage over the years, the Election Commissioner said that the EC was working to "repair, reorganise, and rest...