Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today crossed the Shewla Land Port at Sylhet border this morning and reached Silchar of Indian northeastern state Assam to attend the first "Silchar-Sylhet Festival-2022".
The prices of powdered milk have increased again by Tk 50 to Tk 110 per kilogramme (kg) in the last one month for rising prices in the international market, shortage of US dollars owing to depleting foreign currency reserves and complexities in opening letters of credit.
The country is yet to have a specific law for appointing chief election commissioner and election commissioners though there is a constitutional provision for enacting a law for their appointment.
In the absence of such a law, no specific criteria are there regarding the qualifications for appointment of CEC and election commissioners or what will lead to their disqualification, said officials of the Election Commission and the law ministry.
At present, the government has no plan to enact a law with the current EC completing its four years today, they mentioned.
The EC s tenure is five years and the current commissioners assumed office on February 15, 2017. The first EC was constituted in July 1972.