, Feb. 12 -- Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the smooth beginning of vote casting at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College and hoped that this trend would continue throughout the day.

"So far so good," the Chairperson and former President of Ghana told reporters after observing the opening of polls.

Earlier, he said it will be a tremendous signal to the world, to South Asia, South East Asia, that Bangladesh is determined to Charter a democratic future and that has to be something that all of them who are democrats would wish for.

The Commonwealth Observer Group comprises the Chairperson and 12 other eminent persons drawn from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and t...