Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) completed the process of becoming voter from Dhaka-17 constituency, ostensibly to stand in the post-uprising first election set for next February.

Mr Rahman, who returned to Bangladesh after 17 years in forced exile during which he saw his mother and ex-PM Khaleda Zia jailed and younger brother die abroad, first visited on the day the Nirbachan Bhaban-the headquarters of the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC)-- in the city's Agargaon area to submit his application and biometric data.

He was accompanied by BNP leaders and activists, including National Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed, while EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed was also present.

His da...