RAJSHAHI, Dec 26, 2023 (BSS)- A two-day training for the polling officers
ahead of the upcoming 12th parliament election began at Paba upazila of the
district today.

Paba Upazila Election Office is hosting the training for 1,946 presiding
officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers at Nawhata
Government High School auditorium in the upazila.

Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer of Rajshahi Shamim Ahmed addressed
the opening ceremony as the chief guest with Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)
and Assistant Returning Officer Abu Saleh Muhammad Hasnat in the chair.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Muhammad Abdur Raquib, Senior District Election
Officer Shahinur Islam Pramanik and Upazila Election Officer Shahidul Islam
Pramanik also spoke on the occasion.
 
Shamim Ahmed said the forthcoming national polls will be competitive, free
and fair as they are putting in their level best efforts to make the election
proper, peaceful and successful to attain the trust and confidence of the
voters in general.

The election will be proper as the voters will come to the centres to
exercise their rights spontaneously, he added.