EU wants to send 150 election observers: EC secy

The European Union (EU) wants to send a group of 150 observers to monitor the 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, said Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed. The observers will come in phases from the announcement of the schedule to publishing the results, he said. The EC secretary shared this information after a meeting with the representatives of a pre-election expert team at Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka's Agargaon area on Monday, September 29. He said a EU team met the Election Commission and sought clarification on a few issues – whether they will enter the voting centres or secret booth there, and whether will stay at the vote counting room. The EU informed that it will sign a Memorandum...