, April 12 -- Expatriate voters showed little interest in exercising their franchise in the recent elections as only four expatriates voted in Bogura-6 by-polls and Sherpur-3 election, with only four ballots received from abroad.

Only three expatriates voted in Bogura-6 by-election, while one expatriate in Sherpur-3 election, both held on April 9 -- two months after the 13th general election.

"The Bogura-6 by-polls returning officer received three ballots from the expatriates, while the Sherpur-3 election returning officer received one ballots from them," said Brigadier General Saleem Ahmad Khan, team lead of EC's Out of Country Voting (OCV) System Development and Implementation initiative on Sunday.

Besides, 1,065 domestic voters vote...