Bangladesh to buy 40,000 body cameras for February election
The Movement was discussed on Saturday at a high -level meeting under the chairmanship of Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dakka.
LT Consultant LT General (RETD) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury and Chief Advisor’s special assistants Khuda Baksh Chowdhury and interest Tayeb Ahmed attended the meeting.
Interest Tayeb Ahmed said that the 40,000 body cameras are in the last stage of the supply process known as Bodycams. He emphasized that devices will strengthen safety in thousands of vulnerable voting centers.
“We aim to supply Bodycams until October so that police officers can get adequate training on their basic features, including AI capabilities.”
Bangladesh officials approached three companies from Germany, China and Thailand to supply cameras. Police officers and police officers will wear the devices in their chests while they are election. Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus instructed the authorities to accelerate supply and provide appropriate training for thousands of police staff.
During the meeting, the Chief Advisor announced his plans to launch an election application for the upcoming vote, the Special Assistant of the Telecommunications and Lice Works.
The application will provide comprehensive information about the February elections, including the candidate details, updates related to voting cabins and interactive features to send complaints.
The Chief Advisor urged the authorities to quickly monitor the launch of the application and make the country’s user -friendly for more than 100 million voters.
In accordance with this, he wrote to the Chief Advisor Office Election Commission on 6 August and instructed him to complete all preparations to make national parliamentary elections before the start of Ramadan in February 2026.
Thanks to this letter, he added that the formalities of the government’s request to regulate elections have been completed to the election commission.
In a letter sent to the Chief Election Commissioner on Wednesday, Chief Counselor Chief Secretary M. Siraj Uddin Mia asked him to take the necessary steps to organize free, fair, peaceful and festive national elections in the expected quality time.
In his speech to the nation on 5 August on the July 5th day, Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus said he would write to the Election Commission to organize the elections before the start of Ramadan in February next year. Subsequently, the chief advisor office sent this letter on Wednesday.
The letter referring to the address given to the nation, in his speech by the Chief Advisor, he says that all preparations and institutional regulations require the immediately start. The Chief Advisor said that the upcoming elections organized as a day of a great cheerful voting festival in the context of the inability to vote in the last fifteen years.
In his speech, the Chief Advisor talked about the expectation that the election would be unforgettable in terms of joy and celebration, peace and order, voter participation, sincerity and sincerity. In addition to emphasizing the importance of the use of appropriate technology in the issuance of the elections, the election commission was informed about the full cooperation of the government’s expected fair, free, peaceful and festive elections.
Finally, the Secretary of the Chief Advisor, according to the statement, the chief advisor’s announcement of the announcement of the national elections at the specified time to organize the necessary activities to be carried out.
