Dhaka, June 23 -- The Election Commission has collected information about Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, for her inclusion in the voter list.

EC officials said her information was gleaned during the recent door-to-door data collection in Dhaka.

"Zubaida Rahman's information has been gathered under the ongoing voter list updating programme," EC senior secretary Akhtar Ahmed told the media on Monday.

He said a name is included in the final voter list on completion of the entire updating process following the data collection and registration.

As per electoral laws, a person must be a registered voter to contest in any election. In the case of the parliamentary election, a voter can contest elections from an...