The commerce ministry today asked authorities concerned to hold the executive council election of BASIS for 2018-2020 as per the previous schedule on March 31.

“We have got a letter from the commerce ministry today in this regard. The election will be held on March 31,” said Syed Almas Kabir, president of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).

Yesterday, the government cancelled the executive council election of BASIS for 2018-2020 on grounds of procedural errors in the schedule. The tenure of the existing executive committee was also extended by six months, as per the yesterday’s decision.

This year, 31 candidates submitted nominations for nine posts. Five of them are independent and the rest from three panels.