UNB, Dhaka

Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda Monday said the national election would not be held under the state of emergency even though the Election Commission has not yet taken any decision what would be its strategy in this regard. “No, no, that won’t happen,” CEC Huda told reporters at a briefing in response to a question if the elections this time would be held under martial law as the CEC himself referred to 1970, 1979 and 1986 elections held under martial law, and termed that of 1970 as “nice elections”. [Read more]