Staff Reporter:
The Election Commission (EC) has given permission to 55,454 local observers for monitoring the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum scheduled for February 12.
Of them, 7,997 observers from 81 observation organizations centrally registered with the EC, and con-stituency-based 47,457 observers have been given permission to observe the elections.
A letter, signed by EC Secretariat Director (Public Relations) and Information Officer Md Ruhul Amin Mallick, revealed the information on Monday.
According to the letter, only voters of the respective polling centres and those carrying EC-approved identity cards will be allowed to enter the polling centers.
Observers must follow the ‘Election Observation Guidelines 2025’ while observing the election.
The EC launched a web portal (https://pr.ecs.gov.bd/) to issue identity cards and car stickers for the local observers.
To apply for identity cards and car stickers, the approved observers have to log into the portal separately and apply online by February 3.
After verifying and approving the applications, the observers will have to download and print the cards and stickers online.
Centrally-registered observers can collect their identity cards and car stickers from the EC Public Rela-tions Branch.
Returning officers or authorized officials will approve the online applications for constituency-based observers across the country. User IDs and passwords have already been provided to returning officers for this purpose.
