Dhaka, Sept. 7 -- It started smartcard production in October 2015, aiming to complete distribution among 90 million voters. The distribution began in October the next year.

Of the 46 million smartcards produced as of July, 33.3 million cards have been distributed to the voters so far, according to the minutes of the commission's latest meeting.

Many cards have been left undistributed in the Upazila election offices or the citizens did not come to receive the cards.

"We've started to produce the smartcards with the assistance of a foreign company. We're now handling production ourselves," National Identity Registration Division Director General Brig Gen Mohammad Saidul Islam told bdnews24.com.

Asked if it is possible to distribute the ...