A preliminary list of 20 people has been prepared from the proposed names at the 5th meeting of the search committee held on Saturday with the presence of all its members.
Cabinet Secretary (Reforms and Coordination) Samsul Arefin informed the matter to BSS on Saturday.
The final list would be prepared within the next two meetings, he said.
He also said the next meeting of the search committee will be held on Sunday at 4:30pm.
Search committee chief Justice Obaidul Hassan presided over the 5th meeting.
Search committee members High Court Division Justice SM Kuddus Zaman, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Mohammed Sohrab Hossain, former Election Commissioner Mohammed Sohul Hossain and Writer Prof Anwara Syed Haq joined the meeting.
The search committee held its 4th meeting at the Judges' Lounge of the Bangladesh Supreme Court building on February 16.
Earlier, the search committee held meetings with 47 eminent personalities in four phases on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday for receiving suggestions on the formation of the next EC.
On Monday, the Cabinet Division, which is providing secretarial support to the search committee, published 322 names from different political parties, professional bodies and individuals for the formation of the next EC on its website.
The search committee will have to propose 10 names to the President. Then the president will select five names for forming the next EC as per the law.
