Election Commission in Bangladesh has suspended the national identity card services (correction and migration of voters) for the sake of preparations and printing the electoral rolls ahead of the next national election likely to be held in early February 2026.
鈥楾he NID services remain suspended from 4:00pm on Monday till further order,鈥� Director (Operations) of the National Identity Registration Wing Md Saiful Islam told the media.
The Election Commission on November 18 in the past year published the final electoral rolls showing that the total number of the country's voters is nearly 12.77 crores ahead of the 13th parliamentary election.
The final electoral rolls include 64,814,907 male voters, 62,879,042 female voters, and 1,234 third-gender voters.
The newly published final rolls also include those who reached the age of 18 by October 31, 2025, making them eligible to vote for the first time in the upcoming national election.
The EC will arrange the national election and referendum on reform charter simultaneously in a single day in early February 2026.
The Election Commission updated the voter lists for the third time within the current year - the first one is on March 2, 2025, the second one is on August 31, 2025 and the third one is on November 18, 2025.
During the past 12th parliamentary election held on January 7, 2024, the total number of voters was around 119.69 million throughout the country.