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Habibul expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of journalist Obhisruti Shastri, who used to cover EC beat, and others in the Bailey Road fire incident that claimed at least 46 lives.

Those present at the discussion observed a minute of silence for the deceased.

Election commissioners Brig Gen (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan, Rashida Sultana and Md Alamgir also spoke at the discussion.

Earlier while inaugurating the day’s programmes, Habibul announced that the country now has 12,18,50,160 eligible voters.

Of them, 6,21,44,587 are male, 5,97,04,641 are female, and 932 voters are hijras, he said.

According to the EC’s factsheet, about 26.99 lakh new voters were enlisted in the country’s voter list since March 2, 2023.

The voter growth was 2.26 percent over the last year.