BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman completed his voter registration at the Election Commission building on Saturday afternoon to participate in the upcoming national election. He arrived at the commission around 1 p.m. and completed the process in 16 minutes at the Election Training Institute’s Room 104. According to the Director General of the National Identity Registration Wing, S M Humayun Kabir, Rahman will receive his national identity card within 7 to 24 hours after providing his fingerprints. The registration marks the end of a 17-year gap during which Rahman could not register as a voter due to living abroad. The Election Commission had finalized the voter list on October 31, but Rahman and his daughter Jaima Rahman were added after the election schedule was announced. The commission will now publish a revised supplementary list for Dhaka-17 constituency. His registration removes all barriers to his candidacy in the 13th parliamentary election, for which nomination submission closes on December 29. The national election and referendum were announced on December 11, with voting scheduled for February 12. Rahman has already collected nomination papers from Bogura.