More than 1mn postal ballots enter count

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Around 1.07 million postal ballots are being counted after polling ended, election officials said. On Thursday night, Salim Ahmad Khan, leader of the Election Commission's (EC) Out ... Read More

NCP's Patwary flags 'tally manipulation' at six Dhaka-8 centres

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate for Dhaka-8 Nasiruddin Patwary has approached the Dhaka divisional returning officer, alleging that vote counts were manipulated at six polling... Read More

Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman casts his ballot in 13th parliamentary election

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman has cast his vote in the 13th parliamentary elections. He entered the Monipur Uchcha Vidyalaya and College (Boy's Branch) at 8:20am. There, he... Read More

People do not want to lose the unrestricted ability to voice their opinion: Advisor Faruk E Azam

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- After casting his ballot in Chattogram, Advisor Faruk E Azam has said the vote is an opportunity for people to express their opinion and they do not want to lose it. He cast his vot... Read More

EC thanks voters for 'festive' elections

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The Election Commission (EC) has expressed its gratitude and thanks to the countrymen for helping make the national elections and referendum "festive". It has also requested special... Read More

Nusaiba 'excited' to vote for the first time

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Nusaiba Islam is set to become a first-time voter just after completing college. She says she is "excited" to cast her first ballot. Nusaiba, who completed her Higher Secondary Cert... Read More

57km on foot and rickshaw: Postman reaches poll office minutes before 4:30pm

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A postman has travelled nearly 57km, partly on foot and partly by rickshaw, to deliver postal ballots just minutes before voting ended in the Feb 12 election and referendum. The inc... Read More

Voters call for reform and 'people-first' government

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Boishakhi Akter, who now lives in Narayanganj for work, returned to her home in Dhaka's Jatrabari to cast her vote in the national election. She cast her ballot without any difficul... Read More

EC reports 48% turnout, warns action if irregularities proven

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The Election Commission (EC) has reported a turnout of 47.91 percent by 2pm across 36,031 polling centres in Bangladesh's national election. EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told a briefin... Read More

Bangladesh polls close after largely peaceful vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh has completed balloting in the general election and concurrent referendum without any major incidents, with counting now under way across the country. The Election Commis... Read More

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