Bangladesh, Sept. 19 -- The final voter list for the upcoming general election, slated for February, is set to be published on Nov 18.

Election Commission Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said that the voter list has been updated three times this year ahead of the elections. The list was previously updated on Mar 2 and Aug 31. The final list in November will include those who will turn 18 on Oct 31.

New and excluded voters were added in the updates, while the deceased were dropped. Now, Bangladesh's total voter count stands at over 126.3 million.

In the latest update, citizens born on or before Oct 31, 2007, are being given the opportunity to cast their ballots in the next parliamentary elections.

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