A total of 422,960 postal ballots from expatriates registered on the "Postal Vote BD" app have reached Bangladesh ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and Referendum. Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the OCV-SDI project on expatriate voter registration, confirmed it to BSS Saturday morning, saying that 766,862 ballots have been dispatched to expatriates through the app till 10:15am. The Election Commission (EC) has also begun sending postal ballots to voters residing inside the country under the ICPV system. Ballots have been sent to 694,146 registered voters within Bangladesh. According to EC data, 381,070 voters have received their ballots till 10:15am on Saturday.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 07, 2026 07:40 UTC