Staff Reporter :
Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda inaugurated the ‘expatriate voter registration programme’ through a video conference on Tuesday.
Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed and Bangladesh High Commissioner Shahidul Islam witnessed the event from Malaysia.
Election Commissioners Mahbub Talukdar, Rafiqul Islam, Kabita Khanam and Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury also witnessed the inauguration.
Brigadier General Mohammad Saidul Islam, Director General of EC’s NID Registration Wing announced the details of
the registration process in the event chaired by Senior Secretary Md Alamgir.
Bangladeshi expatriates can now register as voters by visiting services.nidw.gov.bd
Later, the Commission centrally assessed the information prior to taking photos, fingerprints, and images.
The EC plans to expand the online service to the UK, UAE and Saudi Arabia after Malaysia. The service will also be launched in other countries in phases. To this end, necessary amendments have been made to the voter list rules.
