Dhaka, Dec. 25 -- Some 740,000 voters, including more than 534,000 expatriates from different countries across the world, have been registered to vote through postal ballots in the national election scheduled for February 12, 2026.

The Election Commission (EC) opened the 'Postal Vote Bd' app for the Out-of-Country Voting (OCV) on November 19 and for the In-Country Postal Voting (ICPV) on December 17.

"The 'Postal Vote Bd' app will remain open for the registration of all entitled voters till December 31," said Director (Public Relation) at the Election Commission Secretariat Ruhul Amin Mollik on Thursday.

Though the postal balloting system has been in the laws for a long time, it was never practiced in the previous elections.

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