Dhaka, Dec. 1 -- The Election Commission has extended the deadline for postal voting registration by a week.

On Sunday, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Bangladeshi expatriates would have until Dec 25 to register using the postal voting app. Those who are eligible for postal voting despite staying inside Bangladesh will get 15 days to sign up.

The Postal Vote BD app was launched on Nov 18. The EC had earlier fixed it until Dec 18 to get registered on the app.

About 125,000 Bangladeshis have already registered using the app.

As many as 123,501 Bangladeshi expatriates have registered as of Monday, including 100,700 males. The highest 18,000 people have registered from the USA. Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Singapore, Canada, Australia, the U...