CEC calls on political parties to race in upcoming general election

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has called on all the political parties to take part in the upcoming parliamentary election.

"Political crisis has to be solved through politics," the CEC said during the first day of the current EC's dialogue with the political parties of the country on Sunday).

Starting off with a dialogue with the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM), the Election Commission (EC) is scheduled to hold talks with four parties a day until 31 July.

A 9-member team of NDM led by its chairman Bobby Hajjaj joined the meeting on Sunday.

The EC is scheduled to meet with NDM from 10:30am to 11:30am, Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) from 12:00pm to 1:00pm, Bangladesh Congress from 2:30pm to 3:30pm and Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on the first day of the dialogue.

President Abdul Hamid appointed Kazi Habibul Awal-led five-member Election Commission on 26 February of this year. The new commission took office on 28 February.