Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) is set to launch voter registration and national identity card (NID) services for expatriate Bangladeshis in Japan later this month and in Canada in early September. Technical teams have already completed the installation of equipment and training at mission offices in Tokyo, Toronto and Ottawa, according to the commission's NID Registration Wing Director-General ASM Humayun Kabir. The launch comes after delays in Japan, where services had originally been scheduled to begin in July but were postponed due to local complications. At present, NID services are available for expatriates in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the UK, Italy, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia and Australia. The commission plans to gradually expand NID services to 40 countries.
