Dhaka, Nov. 25 -- BNP on Tuesday urged the Election Commission to extend the registration time for out of country voting (OCV) and include the eligible expatriates who do not have national identity (NID) cards but hold valid Bangladeshi passports in the voter lists ahead of the upcoming national election.

"Many expatriates do not have NID cards. For practical reasons, most of them were unable to obtain NIDs, and no initiative was taken (by our EC) in every country to issue new NID cards for them. So, we have proposed that Bangladeshi passports be accepted as identity documents for including expatriates in the voter lists," said BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan.

He made the remarks while briefing reporters after leading a ...