Chief Advisor Yunus directs  to complete preparations for upcoming parliamentary elections

        In Bangladesh, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday directed the law-enforcing agencies to complete all preparations by December for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
        The Chief Adviser made the directive in a meeting that lasted for around two hours at the State Guest House Jamuna in the capital. Home Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, chiefs and high officials of different law enforcement agencies and other concerned departments were present in the meeting.
        Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam briefed reporters at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital.
        There were discussions over the deployment of law enforcement members for seven days to maintain law and order during the election period – before, during and after the polls, he said.
        Around 8 lakh law enforcement members will be engaged, and they will further be trained before the election, reports United News of Bangladesh (UNB).
        The Chief Adviser instructed to take preparation for bringing some 16,000 vulnerable polling stations throughout the country under CCTV monitoring network to ensure peaceful balloting in the upcoming national election.      .
        The measures that are being considered also include installation of cameras on the body of police members in the vulnerable polling stations, he added. Besides, this time the members of police and other forces will be deployed for seven days instead of the tradition of five days during the election in a bid to resist any sort of violence ahead of the vote and prevent the deterioration of law and order after the vote, said the press secretary.
        Deputy Commissioners (DCs), Superintendents of Police (SPs), Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNOs) and Officers-in-Charge (OCs) will be reshuffled on a random basis ahead of the election, he said.
        He said both executive magistrates and judicial magistrates are deployed during the election. But it was observed that judicial magistrates often lack sufficient training on electoral duties. So, a directive was made so that they will be prepared for the election duty through extensive training, said the Press Secretary.
        Earlier in June, after meeting with the acting Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tariq Rahman in London, Yunus hinted at holding the next parliamentary election in the first half of February, 2026.
        Yunus became the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh on August 08, last year after the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government following student-led protests in July-August last year.