The six-member ‘Search Committee’ formed to constitute a new Election Commission (EC) will pay a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban at 6.15 PM today (Nov 20). 

President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told the media on Tuesday evening.

The search committee was formed in accordance with the Clause-3 of “The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2022,” to recommend the names of qualified individuals for the positions of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs).

Justice of Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury will chair the search committee.

The other members of the search committee are-- Senior Justice of High Court Division AKM Asaduzzaman, Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) of Bangladesh, Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), former Professor of International Relations Department of Dhaka University Prof Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar and former Chairman of BPSC Professor Dr ZN Tahmida Begum.

Earlier on October 31, 2024, a gazette notification signed by Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid to constitute the search committee was published.

BDST: 1058 HRS, NOV 20, 2024
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