The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the National Identity Card (NID) correction process will resume from Sunday.
ASM Humayun Kabir, director general of the National Identity Registration Sub-division, confirmed the information on Thursday.
Humayun Kabir said that from Sunday, all correction activities related to NID information will be reopened.
Earlier, the EC had suspended NID correction services after 4pm on November 24 to prepare the voter list ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and the referendum.
However, limited correction services remained available for urgent cases upon application at the EC’s NID sub-division.
As of now, the total number of voters in the country stands at 127,695,183, including 64,814,907 male voters, 62,879,042 female voters, and 1,234 third-gender voters. The final voter list has been prepared for individuals who turned 18 by October 31 of this year.
For the upcoming parliamentary election, the EC has published the final list of 42,761 polling centers across the country.
Of these, 115,137 booths are designated for male voters and 129,602 for female voters, making a total of 244,649 booths. Since the referendum and parliamentary election will be held on the same day, the number of secret booths will be increased.
Voting is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, from 7:30am to 4:30pm.
