The New Nation - Internet Edition

President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and his wife Prof
Dr Anwara Begum registered their names as voters at
Bangabhaban Primary School Voter Registration Centre
yesterday. PID photo

UNB, Dhaka

Making photo voter list for Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) area kicked off Saturday with much enthusiasm as the President and his wife formally became voter.

With the onerous task of making voter list in the populous capital getting off the ground, the countrywide exercise in preparation for next election started coming into culmination. Alongside registration process, the technical part-data entry, taking photograph and fingerprint-of the voter listing by the Election Commission started in different parts of the city.

President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and his wife Dr Anwara Begum registered their names as voters with photographs at Bangabhaban Primary School Voter Registration Centre.

Dhaka City Mayor Sadek Hossain Khoka, Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda and other officials concerned were present on the occasion.

The EC is considering the task of DCC voter listing as the toughest part of their ongoing photo voter-list programme.