Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed a new five-member Election Commission led by retired secretary AMM Nasir Uddin .

• The new commission will take on the responsibility of overseeing the next national parliamentary election.
• The other news members of the election regulatory body are Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, a retired additional secretary, Abdur Rahmanel Masud, a district and sessions judge, Tahmida Ahmad, a retired joint secretary, and retired Brig Gen Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.
• The president selected the names of the new chief election commissioner and the four election commissioners from a list proposed by a search committee.