The Election Commission yesterday introduced an online application system which aims to make easier new registrations and correcting wrong details in NIDs.
The online system will allow new voters an opportunity to enroll their names on the voter list and also apply for a new national identity card, if lost, among other services.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad officially inaugurated the online voter registration service at the EC secretariat auditorium.
The online application system can be accessed at www.ec.org.bd or https://services.nidw.gov.bd
While talking to journalists, the CEC said: “The service will continue uninterrupted, and we will make the system more user friendly in the near future.”
Rakibuddin said: “Using this system, citizens can avail six new facilities, which will allow new voters to apply for registration, registered voters to recheck personal information and the voting centre, apply for changing incorrect details, take an appointment to change incorrect details, and renew the NID, and if any voter loses their NID, they can apply to the commission for a new NID card.”
Brig Gen Sultanuzzaman Md Saleh Uddin, director general of the national identity registration wing, said “Citizens have to make an appointment to change their incorrect information, and this appointment will be given automatically on a first come-first serve basis.”
“We will give appointments to 500 people everyday,” he added.