Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda Wednesday briefed president Iajuddin Ahmed on progress in voter registration and implementation of the election roadmap, reports bdnews24.com.

"We told the president that 83 percent of voters have already been registered. Listing the rest will be done by June. Work on voter lists with photographs will be completed by October," Huda told reporters after the meeting with the president at the Bangabhaban.

The CEC said he had apprised the president of the EC's preparation to hold the national polls by the year-end. The CEC also briefed the president on the redrawing of parliament constituencies.

The president expressed satisfaction with EC's activities, the CEC said. Election commissioners Muhammed Sohul Hussain and M Sakhawat Hussain and EC secretary Muhammad Humayun Kabir accompanied the CEC to the presidential palace.