, Dec. 30 -- The Election Commission has extended the registration time by five days till January 5 next for expatriates and other entitled voters to vote through the postal ballots during the upcoming national election and referendum, slated for February 12, 2026.

"Now the deadline for the postal ballot registration is December 31. But the time for postal ballot registration has extended to January 5. The registration will be closed at 12:00am after January 5 Midnight," EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told journalists at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.

He said the time was extended on requests from the expatriates and the entitled voters from inside the country.

This is the first time the Election Commission has introduced an effect...