Election Commission has announced that no Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) will be used in next national election, reports Daily Sun.
EC secretary Md Jahangir Alam announced the decision after a meeting of election commissioners at the EC Secretariat on Monday.
He said polling in all 300 constituencies in the next national polls will be held using ballot papers and transparent ballot boxes.
The schedules for Gazipur, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal and Khulna city corporation election were also announced after the meeting.
As per the schedules, the Gazipur City Corporation election will be held on May 25 while Khulna and Barishal on June 12, and Sylhet and Rajshahi on June 21.
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