EU does not observe polls under emergency

National Polls Says Euro MP Staff Correspondent Visiting European member of parliament Nirj Deva on Wednesday said the EU supported a total lift of the state of emergency ahead of national polls. After a meeting with acting Awami League president Zillur Rahman at his Gulshan home, Nirj Deva told reporters that the European Union observers did not observe any election held amid the state of emergency. The EU wanted the emergency be lifted, he said. Deva added that the EU was an ally of Bangladesh and it was willing to help the country. The European parliament member, who also met with chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, said that the CEC had told him that the elections would be held in the third week of December. Mentioning that the next election was very significant for the people of Bangladesh, Deva said the EU... [read full story]