Dhaka, Dec. 26 -- The Election Commission (EC) has issued guidelines on how people held in prisons or in legal custody will be able to vote in the upcoming 13th national election and referendum through the postal voting system.

Registration for in-country postal voting (ICPV) through the "Postal Voting BD" app is currently under way and will continue until Dec 31.

As of Thursday, more than 725,000 people had registered for postal voting. Of them, around 525,000 are expatriates, while roughly 200,000 are based inside Bangladesh.

This election marks the first time the EC has introduced postal voting for multiple categories of voters, including expatriates (out-of-country voting), government employees, election officials on duty, and indi...