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VOTER-UPDATE
Voter list updating begins tomorrow in Dhaka
DHAKA, July 2, 2019 (BSS) – The Election Commission will begin data collection for updating the voter list of the city dwellers from tomorrow.
Apart from Wari, Sutrapur and Demra thanas, the activities will be conducted in all other thana areas. Data will be collected from door to door of the citizens.
EC Secretary Md Alamgir said this at a press conference at the EC secretariat here.
EC sources said, first phase of the the voter list updating activities was held from April 23 to May 13 in 135 upazilas.
Information of some 2,25,307 citizens have already been collected.
The EC has a target to collect data of 80 lakh citizens this year. Some 53,512 data collectors have been recruited across the country for the task.
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