The Election Commission (EC) has postponed the observance of the eighth National Voter Day scheduled for Monday next, March 2.
In a letter on Thursday, February 26, the EC directed the central celebration committee and its field-level offices to suspend all programmes of the eighth National Voter Day until further directives.
“The Voter Day’s programmes have been postponed due to by-polls to Bogura-6 and Sherpur-3 as well as lack of preparation to make the celebration colourful amid the month of holy Ramadan,” said EC Director (Public Relations) Ruhul Amin Mollik today.
The National Voter Day is likely to be marked across the country after Rahman, he told UNB.
The EC sent the letter to the Convener of the Central Celebration Committee, the regional election officers and Upazila or Thana election officers.
Earlier, the Commission decided to mark the National Voter Day 2026 in the capital, divisional cities, district towns and Upazila headquarters across the country.
The EC also fixed ‘Empowered Voters, Liberated Democracy’ as the theme of the day this year.
National Voter Day was introduced in 2019 following a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on April 8, 2018.
But on January 15, 2020, the Cabinet issued another notification to observe the day on March 2 every year instead of March 01, cancelling the previous notification.
Source: UNB