<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">National Identity Card (NID) server of the Election Commission (EC) has been down since this morning.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The services of the NID server will not be available until 2 pm Wednesday (September 20, 2023) due to maintenance work, Aminul Islam, assistant programmer of Information System Management Wing (NID) of the Election Commission, said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier on August 16, the NID server was down due to the same reason.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The EC initially embarked on the task of compiling a comprehensive voter list with photographs in 2007. Subsequently, voter information was updated through door-to-door visits in the years 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019. The entirety of this vital voter data is stored on the Election Commission’s servers. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>