Bangladeshis living abroad will have to register online, and a system is currently being developed for this purpose,' Akhtar Ahmed, Senior Secretary of the Bangladesh Election Commission (EC), said on Wednesday. 'The EC blocked the NIDs of Sheikh Hasina, including 10 members of her family, on February 16,' the daily Jugantor reported. When asked whether Sheikh Hasina will be able to vote from abroad, the EC Secretary said, 'Her NID is blocked. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country and took refuge in India on August 5 last year in a student-led uprising. Through this letter, the formalities of the government's request to the Election Commission to organise the elections were completed, it added.