Country Has 12,18,50,160 Eligible Voters Now: CEC

The Election Commission said that the country now has 12,18,50,160 eligible voters. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal revealed the final voters' list today during a ceremony arranged to mark National Voter Day.

Among the total voters, 6,21,44,587 are male and 5,97,04,641 are female. And also 932 voters are hijras, he said.

Habibul, on behalf of the EC, expressed deep shock and sorrow over the fire incident at a commercial-cum-residential building on Bailey Road in Dhaka that claimed at least 46 lives.