Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- The election commission of Jagannath University's Central Student Union (JnUCSU) has run into a problem while counting votes following a peaceful polling process.

Vote counting has been suspended since 7pm on Tuesday after a discrepancy was detected in a single ballot paper, officials said.

Election Commissioner Prof Md Shahidul Islam announced at 9:30pm, "We conducted three days of trial runs on the OMR machines, and no issues arose then. A technical error has now been detected.

"We will meet with the central and hall union VP and GS candidates in the vice-chancellor's conference room to decide on a solution. We will inform the media once a decision is made."

Polling for the central student union and one hall student...