Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP’s acting chairman Tareq Rahman, has been added to the electoral roll during the ongoing voter list update, confirmed ASM Humayun Kabir, Director General of the NID Registration Wing.

Zubaida, a physician by profession, had not previously been registered as a voter as she and her husband were residing in London during the initial voter photo-ID project in 2008. She remains politically inactive to date.