A three-member delegation of Russian observers will monitor Sunday's general election in Bangladesh.
Andrei Shutov, member of the Russian Central Election Commission and head of delegation, had a brief conversation with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen after their arrival in Dhaka on Friday.
Andrei Shutov, head of the Russian observers delegation, also had a brief discussion with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
The vote casting will begin at 8am on Sunday and continue until 4pm non-stop in 299 out of the country’s 300 constituencies.
Voting in the Naogaon-2 constituency has been postponed following the death of an independent candidate, according to the Election Commission.
Some 1,895 candidates, including 382 independent candidates, are contesting in the general election.
Out of 44 political parties registered with the Election Commission, 18 are out of the electoral race. There are 11,96,89,289 voters— 6,76,09,741 males, 5,89,18,699 females, and 849 transgenders—who have voting rights under 260,856 booths at 42,024 polling stations in the constituencies, according to the Election Commission.