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Staff Correspondent:KM Nurul Huda, who was recently appointed as the chief election commissioner, was sworn on Wednesday afternoon.
Four election commissioners -- Mahbub Talukder, Md Rafiqul Islam, Begum Kabita Khanam and Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury ? were also sworn in at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge in Dhaka around 3:00pm.
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha administered the oath of the new CEC and the four election commissioners.
The CEC and the commissioners are optimistic to go to the Election Commission Secretariat and brief reporters around 5:00pm.
SC Registrar General Syed Aminul Islam conducted the adjuration-taking ceremony.
Judges of the Appellate Division of the SC were present at the programme.