Dhaka, Jan. 22 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday warned that collecting voters' personal information and national identity card (NID) details in the name of electioneering is a punishable offence.

"It has come to the Bangladesh Election Commission's notice that some people are collecting voters' personal data and National Identity (NID) under the guise of election campaigning. According to the National Identity Card Registration Act 2010, one cannot carry or transfer another's National Identity Card (NID)," said EC in a press release.

The electioneering officially began on Thursday (January 22) ahead of the 13th parliamentary election and the referendum scheduled to be held simultaneously on February 12.

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