Dhaka, Oct. 17 -- Voting has been taking place without incident so far after the polls opened at 9 am Saturday amid tight security, according to GM Sahtab Uddin, returning officer.

He urged voters to come to the polling centres to exercise their democratic rights without any trouble.

"Voting is continuing peacefully in each of the polling rooms in the constituency. It began at 9 am using the EVMs. None of the EVMs had any technical glitch," said Md Ziaul Haque Khan, assistant returning officer of Naogaon-6.

Although the major political groups are contesting the by-election, there has not been any festivity surrounding the vote nor have there been reports of any major violence.

The voter turnout will be a major focus at the by-polls af...