Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- - Early trends showed Jamaat-e-Islami and BNP slugging it out almost neck to neck in Bangladesh's landmark general elections on Thursday as counting progresses.
Polls closed in Bangladesh on Thursday in a direct contest between Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and an 11-party alliance led by the resurgent Jamaat-e-Islami, after voting centers shut their gates at 4.30 pm.
Officials said early trends showed both parties were "neck to neck", though situation would clear only when more trends were available.
While both parties blamed the other for "malpractices", Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman, told newspersons, "Whether others accept the results or not, we will accept it, Insha Allah," indicating ...