Dhaka, Feb. 5 -- Although the data of about 5 million eligible voters has been collected in the voter list update, election officials have not met the "target" set by the Election Commission.

The number of new voters has dropped, as has the number of dead voters.

Under the circumstances, the commission's Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said they would investigate whether the information gatherers appointed by the EC went door-to-door.

The EC conducted door-to-door data collection from Jan 20 to Feb 3.

The next stage - which includes capturing photographs and collecting biometric data such as fingerprints and iris scans - commenced on Feb 5 and will continue until Apr 11. About 65,000 people are involved in this work across the country....