Elderly, first-time voters hope for calm and order at Dhaka polls

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Abdul Quader Bepari came to his polling centre, leaning heavily on a walking stick. "All the friends I had who are my age have died. But I'm still sitting here. I am 86 years old. T... Read More

BNP chief Tarique Rahman upbeat on electoral victory, stresses citizen participation

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed firm confidence in his party's victory, saying voters will thwart any "conspiracy" through the ballot box. H... Read More

Child, two others injured in 'hand bomb attack' at Gopalganj voting centre

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Three people, including a 13-year-old girl, have been injured in an alleged hand bomb attack at a polling station in Gopalganj. The blast occurred around 9am on Thursday at the Resh... Read More

Tasnim Jara alleges polling agents barred from centres in Dhaka-9

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Tasnim Jara, an independent candidate in Dhaka-9, has alleged that her polling agents were forced out of voting centres on various pretexts, raising questions about the fairness of t... Read More

'How can they seek power in Bangladesh?' Asiya recalls 1971 as she casts her vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Asiya was barely a teenager during the Liberation War. More than five decades later, the memory of the Razakars -- collaborators who sided with the Pakistani army -- remains sharp in... Read More

Election official falls ill, dies at polling centre in Brahmanbaria

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- An election official has died while on duty at a polling centre in Brahmanbaria's Sarail Upazila. Md Mujahidul Islam, 48, was working at the Nazrul Islam Auditorium Centre (Polling ... Read More

Polls mark 'step forward' in democracy for Bangladesh, says CEC

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said Bangladesh has taken a step forward in its democratic journey through the parliamentary elections, expressing satisfaction with w... Read More

Turnout gathers pace as Bangladesh voters cast ballots with enthusiasm

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- After going through three controversial elections during the Awami League's tenure, many voters expressed enthusiasm as they cast their ballots in the 13th parliamentary election and... Read More

Yunus casts vote in parliamentary election, referendum

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Muhammad Yunus, head of the interim government, has cast his vote in the parliamentary elections. According to the Chief Advisor's Office (CAO), Yunus voted at the Gulshan Model Sch... Read More

Voting opens across Sylhet-1 as female voters form long lines at multiple centres

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Women voters have turned out in large numbers at polling stations across Sylhet as voting has got under way. At 7:45am on Thursday, long queues of female voters formed at Shahjalal ... Read More

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