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Bangladesh appoints new election chief

Published February 5, 2007 Updated February 5, 2007 12:00am

Bangladesh appointed a new election chief Sunday nearly a month after national elections, were cancelled following accusations of vote-riggings. "A former top bureaucrat A.T.M Shamsul Huda has been appointed as the new chief election commissioner," the government said.
The government also appointed a former, top law ministry official, Sahul Hussain, as a new election commissioner, the government's press office said.