Ex-secretary Habibul Awal made new CEC

Former Senior Secretary Kazi Habibul Awal has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner.

Appointed other four election commissioners are district and session judge (retd) Begum Rashida Sultana, brigadier general (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan, and senior secretaries (retd) Md Alamgir and Anisur Rahman. 

The Cabinet Division issued two separate gazette notifications appointing them on Saturday. 

BSS adds: "The President (M Abdul Hamid) today appointed the CEC and the four ECs as per the power bestowed upon him as per the Article 118(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh," said the notifications. 

President Hamid appointed the CEC and the ECs from the recommended list of 10 names submitted by the Search Committee, which was constituted on February 5 as per the newly enacted 'Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act 2022'.

The tenure of the immediate past election commission led by CEC KM Nurul Huda expired on February 14. 

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