Bangladesh’s Election Commission (EC) has temporarily suspended postal vote registration in seven countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—after many expatriate voters failed to provide accurate and complete addresses through the 'Postal Vote BD' app. The EC stated that without proper addresses, it is impossible to send ballot papers by mail. The suspension affects expatriate Bangladeshis who were set to vote by postal ballot for the first time in the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and referendum. According to EC data, as of Thursday at 1 p.m., a total of 53,096 expatriate voters had registered through the app. The commission said further instructions regarding the next steps will be announced soon.