Domestic postal ballots by Mar 25

The Election Commission (EC) will send postal ballots to domestic voters by March 25 for the upcoming elections in Sherpur-3 and Bogura-6 constituencies, an official said on Wednesday.

Salim Ahmad Khan, team leader of the "OCV-SDI" project on expatriate voter registration, confirmed that postal ballots have already been dispatched to registered overseas voters in both constituencies. 

He added that ballots for voters within the country will be sent within the stipulated deadline.

According to EC data, postal ballots have been sent to 1,281 registered expatriate voters in Bogura-6 and 383 in Sherpur-3.

Returning Officer for Sherpur-3, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, said three candidates are contesting the election, each having been allotted their electoral symbols. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party nominee, Md Mahmudul Haque Rubel, is contesting with the "Sheaf of Paddy" symbol, while Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md Masudur Rahman has been assigned the "Scales" symbol. A candidate from the Socialist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist) is contesting with the "Scissors" symbol.