Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- - Polls closed in Bangladesh on Thursday in a landmark general election seen as a direct contest between Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and an 11-party alliance led by the resurgent Jamaat-e-Islami, after voting centers shut their gates at 4.30 pm.
After a sluggish morning, voters poured into polling stations across the capital of Dhaka and beyond, turning the tide in a high-stakes day at the ballot box.
While the final voting percentage is yet to be declared, vote counting has begun, officials said. Voter turnout reached nearly 48 per cent by 2 pm, they said. These were the first election since an August 2024 student led protest toppled Sheikh Hasina's government.
The Election Commission (EC) has y...