New voters to get NID from March 2

The Election Commission (EC) has taken special programmes on the occasion of March 2 as Voter Day and March 17 as the 100th birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

As part of the programmes, EC will start distribution of National ID (NID) cards on March 2. Though the activity will start in small scale, but it will increase gradually, according to EC sources.

EC also issued directives in field level to make process of getting NID in districts and upazilas.

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