EC approves transfer of 158 UNOs, 338 OCs
On 30 October, the EC asked the home ministry and public administration ministry to transfer all OCs and UNOs to help conduct the upcoming election fairly
The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday approved the transfer of 158 upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) and 338 officers-in-charge (OCs).
On 6 December, a list of OCs of 338 police stations from the Ministry of Home Affairs and a list of 110 UNOs from the Ministry of Public Administration were sent to the EC seeking its approval for their transfer to smoothly conduct the upcoming 12th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) polls.
Later, another list of 48 UNOs was sent to the EC from the public admin ministry.
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On 4 December, the EC approved the transfer of 47 UNOs.
On 30 October, the EC asked the home ministry and public administration ministry to transfer all OCs and UNOs to help conduct the upcoming election fairly.
It also directed the ministries to seek its permission for transferring OCs stationed in the same workplace for more than six months and UNOs stationed in the same workplace for more than a year.
"In the first phase, approximately 320 OCs and 250 UNOs may get transferred, given the condition that OCs serving their current workplace for more than six months and UNOs serving their current workplace for more than a year should be transferred first," the EC secretary said on 4 December.
