TDS Desk:

The Election Commission has allowed 55,454 local observers to monitor the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the Referendum scheduled for February 12.

Of them, 7,997 observers from 81 observation organisations centrally registered with the EC, and constituency-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 centres.

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.