Voters in Dhaka city can now learn about the detail information through short message service (SMS) during the city corporations elections, according to Election Commission sources.
One can get his/her polling centre, serial number and voter number by sending their national identification (NID) number through SMS to 105 from any mobile phone operator.
Smart cardholders will have to type PC (space) smart card number and send it to 105.
While NID card users will have to type PC (space) year of birth and 13 digits NID number (without any space) and send it to the same number.
A reply SMS will inform the details about the voter.
Elections to the two Dhaka city corporations will be held on Feb 1.
As many as 3,0090,00 voters will cast ballot at 1,318 polling stations in Dhaka North City Corporation while 2,452,000 voters at 1,150 stations in Dhaka South City Corporation.