Dhaka, Oct. 14 -- The Election Commission will hold a views-exchange and pre-preparation meeting on October 20 next in a bid to conduct the 13th parliamentary election in free, participatory and fair manners.

"The EC has invited all law enforcement agencies to a meeting at the EC Secretariat on October 20," EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told reporters on Tuesday.

The discussion will be held at Nirbachan Bhaban at 10:30am on October 20.

The chiefs or top representatives from the armed forces -- Army, Navy and Air Force--police, BGB, Rab, Coast Guard, Ansar and intelligence agencies are supposed to take part in the meeting.

According to an EC's letter sent to the chiefs of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the meeting wi...