LIVE: Municipal election as it unfolds

04:00pm: Vote counting starts as elections to 234 municipalities ended. 

04:00pm: Voting for the Municipal Election 2015 ends. 

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03:59pm: Election cancelled at Madhobdi municipality in Narsingdi by the Election Commission. Elections will be rescheduled, says EC. 

03:35pm: 10 people including 3 policemen were injured at GRU Institute polling center in a clash between AL supporters and AL rebel candidates at Sonargaon municipality in Narayanganj.

03:30pm:  Voters were told that voting has ended at PTI new administrative and academic polling center in Munshiganj Sadar as all ballots were used up.

Border Guard Bangladesh forces patrol the premises around the polling station in Savar. Photo: Palash Khan.

03:15pm: Voters were told that voting has ended at Greenleaf Kindergarten polling center in Munshiganj Sadar.

02:15pm: Five injured in chase and counter-chase in Phulpur municipality in Mymensingh.

02:10pm: Voting suspended at five polling centers at Madhobdi municipality in Narsingdi and four polling centers in Sadar municipality of Narshingdi.

Ballot paper are strewn around the polling center premises at the Islampur Government Primary School in Savar. Photo: Palash Khan.

02:05pm: 15 injured including assistant sub-inspector in clashes between ruling Awami League party supporters and BNP supporters in Sadar municipality, Moulvibazar.

02:01pm: 8 held from Shahapur Talimul Madrasa polling center, Narayanganj in connection with casting fake votes. 

02:00pm: Voting suspended in Shahapur Talimul Madrasa polling center at Sonargaon municipality in Narayanganj. 

01:50pm: Election commission suspends voting at five polling centers at Chandanaish and Kalkini municipalities.

01:40pm: Election Commission withdraws all law enforcers deployed at five polling centers at Chandanaish and Kalkini municipalities of Chittagong and Madaripur, suspends five of them.

01:35pm: Dhamrai municipality’s independent candidate Abdus Sattar decides to quit saying “there is no other way but to quit.”

01:30pm: BNP mayoral candidate Kazi Saifur Rahman of Daganbhuiyan municipality in Feni quits election. 

01:00pm: 7 including BNP’s mayoral candidate Abu Nayeem Md Shamusur Rahman Mintu in Taherpur municipality of Rajshahi were injured in an attack by Jubo League activists. 

12:47pm: BNP claims that the man killed in Satkania clash was an activist of Jubo Dal, a youth front of the party.

12:45pm: Sheikh Hasina’s Political Affairs Adviser HT Imam says the allegations brought by BNP regarding the municipal polls are unrealistic.

12:30pm: 5 injured in three polling stations in clashes between AL candidates and AL rebel candidates in Shujapur, Charbhabanipur and Bhabanipur in Shujapur municipality.

12:00pm: 12 held from different polling centers of Daganbhuiyan municipality in Feni in connection with casting fake votes. 

11:30am: BNP mayoral candidate Sharkar Shahid boycotts election alleging that AL supporters occupied different polling centers and drove out his polling agents at Modhupur municipality in Tangail.

Ballot boxes are seen lined up to be sent to various polling centers in Munshiganj. Photo: Star

11:02am: A man, 48, is shot dead when supporters of two councillor candidates traded gunshots in Satkania upazila of Chittagong.

11:00am: Voting at 3 centers suspended at Chowmuhani municipality in Noakhali.

10:45am: Laxmipur’s Raipur municipality BNP mayoral candidate boycott election as AL men allegedly occupied polling center.

Women voters queue up to cast their votes at a municipality center at Savar in the early morning. Photo: Palash Khan.

10:45am: AL nominated candidate Masudul Haq Masud’s supporters attack BNP candidate Abdul Khaleque’s supporters at Bhuapur Model School polling center in Bhuapur municipality of Tangail, leaving 7 injured.

10:30am: AL Vice Chairman Shahinul Islam is injured in a clash between two groups of AL supporters at Bhuapur Model School polling center in Bhuapur municipality, Tangail.

10:20am: Three BNP polling agents were beaten up, BNP candidate expresses wish to quit at Swarupkathi of Pirojpur.

10:15am: Two voting centres are suspended around 10:15am in Chittagong’s Chandanaish municipality.

9:35am: AL nominated candidate Masudul Haq Masud’s supporters attack AL rebel candidate Tarikul Islam Chanchal and his polling agent Aminul Islam Babu at Bhuapur municipality in Tangail. They are being treated at Tangail Medical College Hospital.

9:30am:  Seven injured in two polling centers as BNP and AL activists clash in Matlab municipality in Chandpur.

Ballot boxes were being carried out of polling station in Matlab municipality as voters cast their votes. Photo: Star.

9:29am: A three-member delegation of BNP led by Osman Farukh, adviser to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, go to the Election Commission in Dhaka this morning to lodge complaints over municipality polls.

9:20am:  Awami League polling agents dominate polling centers in Savar.

9:00am: 7 BNP activists attacked in various polling stations in Fulbagan, Gurudashpur and Tebaria areas of Natore.

08:59am: BNP Mayor candidate Kazi Saifur Rahman of Daganbhuiyan municipality in Feni district was assaulted allegedly by ruling party activists.

8:48am: Jamalpur Sadar Jatiya Party Mayor Candidate quits mayoral race as he did not find any ballot paper when he went to cast his vote.

8:47am: AL supporters threaten and intimidate voters at BSCE polling center in Isapara and forcefully try to cast votes; cops dispersed them eventually.

8:45am: BNP mayoral candidate Abul Mansur is allegedly attacked by the ruling party men while he was on way to the voting center in Pontijila High School in Sitakunda.

8:35am: At least 10 crude bombs blasted at two polling centers Dewanganj municipality of Jamalpur allegedly by AL supporters to take control of the polling station.  

8:31am: Voting suspended in two polling centers of Kalkini municipality in Madaripur district due to stuffing ballot papers.

8:30am:  Voting suspended in Shilmuri union Parishad polling center in Comilla.

8:28am: In Patuakhali’s Kuakata municipality, at least seven people were injured in clashes between local Awami League and BNP supporters at Panjupara center.

8:16am: Ruling AL men allegedly snatched ballot papers from Bangla Bazar High School polling centre in Jamalpur Sadar.

8:15am: Border Guard Bangladesh men detain a journalist and 2 camerapersons of ATN News for violating the electoral code in Rajshahi.

8:00am: Awami League men at a polling center in Swarupkathi of Pirojpur were seen stuffing ballot papers.

8:00am: Awami League supporters and activists occupy a polling center at Institute School center at Jessore Sadar. Voters were driven out allegedly by supporters of ruling Awami League nominated mayoral and councillor aspirants in Jessore Sadar municipality.

Voters were gathering in front of the polling station in Savar this morning. Photo: Palash Khan.

8:00am: Municipal Elections begin.

5:30am: Cops arrest Afzal Hossain, Ameer of Kumarkhali Jamaat unit of Kushtia, while he was distributing money to voters.