Staff Correspondent:The search committee has finalised a list of 10 names picked from the recommendations made by political parties.
A report in this regard was made and it will be submitted to the president for selecting the chief and other commissioners of the Election Commission (EC) on Monday evening.
�After submitting the report to the president it will be decided later whether the names on the list will be made public,� Abdul Wadud, additional secretary of the cabinet division, told journalists after the meeting.
Headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, the search panel includes Justice Obaidul Hassan, a High Court judge; Muhammed Sadique, chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission; Masud Ahmed, comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh; Prof Syed Manzoorul Islam, trustee board member of Transparency International Bangladesh; and Shireen Akhter, pro-vice chancellor of Chittagong University.
The timeframe of the search committee will expire on February 8 while the tenure of the incumbent election commission will end in the middle of this month.