Although Donald Lu had visited Bangladesh more than once before the general election, this was his first visit after the polls.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and leaders of eight more countries have congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as prime minister of Bangladesh for the fourth straight term.
The Awami League has been playing this game for a long time now.
The man, who brandished a firearm during a clash near a polling centre in Chattogram's Khulshi area today, has been identified as Shamim Azad, an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, police said
Till 3:00pm, the voter turnout is 27.15 percent, EC secretary Jahangir Alam told journalists in a media briefing at the EC secretariat
Nurjahan Begum, a 58-year-old voter, has been waiting behind 30 women in a long queue for more than one hour until 1:00pm to cast her vote at Baniadi Government Primary School polling centre in Narayanganj-1 constituency
Two candidates of the Sylhet-2 constituency have boycotted the election bringing allegations of vote rigging against the Awami League candidate
Two people suffered bullet wounds as two groups clashed near a polling centre in Chattogram’s Khulshi area this morning
People are boycotting those who boycotted the 12th National Parliamentary Election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today
The percentage of votes cast in the 12th parliamentary election till 12:10pm was 18.5 percent.
The pace of voting in many centres across the country has not improved significantly from a slow start in the morning
An assistant presiding officer of a polling centre under Gazipur-2 constituency died of cardiac arrest this morning
Election Commissioner Md Anisur Rahman expressed his optimism that more than 50 percent of votes would be cast in the 12th parliamentary election
Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, the Awami League candidate from Magura-1, cast his vote in the parliamentary election
The Bangladesh Chhatra League president of Dhaka University unit today posted a photo of himself holding a ballot paper displaying his vote on his social media account
A presiding officer was detained after voting was cancelled at Ibrahimpur Government Primary School centre in Narsingdi-4 constituency (Monohardi-Belabo) over allegations of vote rigging
A vehicle carrying supporters of ruling Awami League candidate Bahuddin Nasim stopped in front of the polling centre at the Dhaka University Annex Building around 8:40am
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun today said he thought that citizens will participate in voting in groups and pro-hartal supporters will be nowhere to be found on January 7
By now, it is clear that the election this time around will be a one-sided affair.
