, Dec. 8 -- More than 258,000 expatriate Bangladeshi voters from different countries across the world have so far registered through a mobile app, 'Postal Vote Bd', since November 19 last to vote in the upcoming national election and the referendum.

The Election Commission (EC) on November 19 opened the 'Postal Vote Bd' app initially for 53 countries and then for a total of 143 countries.

As of 7:50 pm on Monday, a total of 258,485 expatriates, including 236,998 males and 21,487 females, registered through the app.

Among the registrants, the highest number came from the Saudi Arabia (66,505) followed by USA (20,102), Qatar (17,124), UAE (15,774), Malaysia (14,457), Singapore (13,673), UK (12,202), Oman (9,706), South Korea (9,560), Can...