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

Two jailed for attempting to cast fake votes in Sirajganj, Jhalakathi

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Two individuals have been sentenced to two years in jail each after attempting to cast fraudulent votes in the Sirajganj-4 and Jhalakhati-2 constituencies. The incident in Sirajganj... Read More

Man jailed for 3 years over theft of ballot books in Sherpur

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A mobile court has sentenced a man to three years in prison for stealing ballot paper books from a polling station in the Sherpur-1 Sadar constituency. The incident occurred around ... Read More

6 die in polling centres across Bangladesh during vote

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Six people have died at polling centres in Dhaka, Chattogram, Khulna, Manikganj, Brahmanbaria and Gaibandha during voting in the general election and referendum. Five of them died a... Read More

Cumilla voting disrupted as 38 ballots declared void after attack

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Voting in Cumilla-10 was halted for 90 minutes after a group stormed a polling centre in Lalmai and tried to "seize" ballots to seal for a specific symbol. The incident occurred on ... Read More

Yunus urges parties, candidates to show tolerance after election result

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged political parties and candidates to maintain restraint and democratic civility even after the final results of the parliamentary election are a... Read More

Nilphamari groom casts ballot before going to tie the knot

Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- A groom in full wedding attire has stopped by a polling station before heading to his own wedding ceremony in Nilphamari. On Thursday, Md Samiul Islam arrived at the Syedpur Pilot G... 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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