Dhaka, May 21 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday said the Election Commission (EC) wants to conduct 'bloodshed-free' local government elections in a fair manner and urged all stakeholders to work together to build national unity in this regard.

"We want a bloodshed-free local government election and will conduct it in a nice manner," he said while addressing an event organised by the Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) in a hotel in the city.

The CEC called upon all the stakeholders to make efforts for making the nation united in this regard.

He said the EC would launch a full-scale awareness campaign with the cooperation from development partners and would hold discussion with stakeholders.

"We want to m...