Overview
- The Election Commission confirmed Rahman’s inclusion on the voter list, with new NID numbers for him and his daughter reported as imminent after their December 27 biometric enrollment.
- Rahman returned to Dhaka on December 25 after 17 years abroad and is slated to contest the national election from Bogura-6, with nomination papers already collected on his behalf.
- Awami League leaders challenged the timing and procedure of his late registration, while a former EC official noted that law allows eligible citizens to be added to the rolls at any time.
- Security forces including the Bangladesh Army, RAB, Ansar, and police were deployed around the EC during his registration visit.
- Zaima Rahman completed her own voter registration and has drawn attention as a UK-trained barrister who has not taken a formal BNP post.