Staff Reporter:
The Election Commission is set to sit with some 81 local election observer organizations in two separate discussions today as part of its dialogue with different stakeholders ahead of the 13th parliamentary elec-tion.
The first discussion with 40 observer organizations will begin at 10:30am, while the second one with 41 other organizations will start at 2:00pm at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.
Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin will chair both discussions to be attended by election commissioners and senior EC officials.
Besides, the Commission is going to sit in its second discussion with top representatives of law enforce-ment agencies, including the armed forces on November 27 and with the top government officials con-cerned on November 30 next.
The meeting with the law enforcement agencies is likely to focus on the deployment of security person-nel in every constituency including polling stations, their coordination among the law enforcement members and EC’s instructions to ensure security during the upcoming election.
The chiefs of three services –Army, Navy, Air force, Senior Secretary of the Home Affairs Ministry, Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division, Inspector General of Police, Director Generals of Border Guard Bangladesh, Coast Guard, Ansar and VDP, DGFI, NSI, NTMC, RAB and Additional In-spectors General of Police of SB and CID have been invited to attend the meeting.
The meeting with the top government officials The Election Commission (EC) will hold a coordination meeting with the heads of various ministries, departments and authorities on November 30 as part of the preparatory activities for the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections.
The Cabinet Secretary, Bangladesh Bank Governor, Senior Secretaries of the Home Affairs Ministry, the Public Administration Ministry, the Shipping Ministry and the Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Em-ployment Ministry, Principal Staff Officer of the Armed Forces Division, Foreign Secretary are among the 34 invitees for the coordination meeting on November 30.
Earlier, the Election held dialogues with 47 registered political parties, including BNP, Jamaat and Na-tional Citizen Party-NCP on November 13, 16, 17 and 19 last.
In late September 2025, the Commission opened a series of electoral dialogues with different stakehold-ers amid talks with civil society representatives on September 28.
Later, the EC held separate dialogues with the representatives of teachers, senior journalists from differ-ent media outlets, election experts and election observers.
The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule in early December for holding the next gen-eral election in early February 2026.
