The Election Commission will sit in a views-exchange with top government officials, including secretaries of key ministries, directors general of important agencies and the inspector general of prisons (IG Prisons) on Thursday next, aiming to conduct the upcoming national election in a free, participatory and fair manner.
The views-exchange and pre-preparatory meeting will be held at 3pm on Thursday at the Conference Room of the Election Commission Secretariat, said an EC letter sent to the top government officials.
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin will preside over the meeting, with the election commissioners in attendance.
According to the EC letter, at least 31 senior officials have been asked to attend the meeting, including the cabinet secretary, senior secretaries of the Ministries of Home, Public Administration, Shipping and Expatriates’ Welfare and the foreign secretary.
Others include the secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Cabinet Division, secretaries of Finance Division, Law and Justice Division, Health Education and Family Welfare Division, Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Local Government Division, Financial Institutions Division, Power Division, Agriculture Ministry, Secondary and Higher Education and Technical and Madrasa Education.
The secretaries of the Primary and Mass Education Ministry, Posts and Telecommunications Division, ICT Division and Road Transport and Highways Division have also been invited, along with the secretary of the National Parliament Secretariat.
Heads of several key departments and agencies, including the director generals of Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Betar, the Directorate of Posts and the Department of Film and Publication; the chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority; and the chief engineers of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and the Department of Educational Engineering; and the inspector general of prisons, are among the attendees.
Besides, the governor of the Bangladesh Bank was asked to send the executive director of the Credit Information Bureau or an appropriate officer to attend the meeting.
Earlier, on Monday, the EC sat in a views-exchange with different law enforcement agencies and intelligence in a bid to conduct the next election in free, participatory and fair manners.
In late September 2025, the Commission opened a series of electoral dialogues with different stakeholders amid talks with civil society representatives on September 28 last ahead of the next general election to be held in early February 2026.
Then the EC sat in another discussion with the representatives of teachers on the same day.
On October 6, the Commission held two separate dialogues with senior journalists from different media outlets.
The EC also has a plan to sit with other stakeholders, including political parties, ahead of the national election.
