Voter registration begins in Sylhet division
Women from villages queue for voter registration at Balizuri in remote Tahirpur upazila in Sylhet yesterday.Photo: STAR
Voter registration with photos began in Sylhet division yesterday through a programme in remote Tahirpur, a haor upazila in Sunamganj district. Sylhet Divisional Commissioner Aziz Hasan formally inaugurated the programme. Brig Gen Morshedul Haque of joint forces, Sunamganj Deputy Commissioner Saber Hossain and other officials were present at the inaugural programme at Balijuri union. Voters were brought to the centre from villages by mechanised boats. The work will be done in two phases, election officials said. Listing of voters in Balijury, Sripur Dakshin and Tahirpur Sadar unions will continue till September 19. In the second phase, registration will be done in Badaghat, Bardal Uttar and in Bardal Dakshin unions. Work of the third phase will start from September 29 and will continue till October 6 in the rest Sripur Uttar union. Sixty-eight supervisors and 335 enumerators are working in 40 registration centres in Tahirpur upazila. Every day, data of 4799 voters will be recorded. Officials said they are hopeful of completing the job in the upazila in 25 days. One hundred laptop computers and other equipment have been supplied for the work in the upazila. Voter registration in Sunamganj Sadar will begin on October 9.
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