Of silent streets, empty booths And suspicious activities
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An elderly voter exercising her right to franchise,
Photo: Firoz Ahmed, Orchid Chakma, Amran Hossain, Rashed Shumon, Fahd Mannan
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International observers inspecting polling centres
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Meanwhile at Dhaka Polytechnic Institute, some youths were seen surrounding an election official at 4:20pm, 20 minutes after voting ended. The official was scribbling on pieces of paper. One of them shouted, “everybody out!” as soon as they spotted our photojournalist. PHOTO: FIROZ AHMED, ORCHID CHAKMA, AMRAN HOSSAIN, RASHED SHUMON, FAHD MANNAN
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Voters and ruling party activists waiting in queue inside the polling centres -- these are what our photojournalists saw on election day yesterday.
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