A petition calling for a second referendum on UK's membership of the EU gains more than one million signatures following the vote to leave.
Diego Maradona hails his old rival Pele as an "icon" as the pair reunite for a "match of friendship" on Thursday.
Voting in the election to nine municipalities in seven districts have begun, with over three lakh people expected to exercise their franchise.
The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed that the third phase Union Parishad elections were free and fair while
Three television media journalists have been attacked allegedly by Awami League men while covering vote rigging in Brahmanbaria Sadar.
Though widespread violence and loss of dozens of lives marked the first two phases of union parishad polls, the Election Commission and the law enforcement agencies have praised each other for their respective roles.
The BNP is most likely to stay in the Union Parishad polls, as senior party leaders are against quitting the race.
Another 639 unions in 47 districts go to the polls today, a week after violence in the first phase of the elections left around two dozen people dead.
The Election Commission has decided to ask the returning officers to file cases against those involved in electoral irregularities and violence at all the 65 polling centres where voting was suspended during the union parishad polls on Tuesday.
A petition calling for a second referendum on UK's membership of the EU gains more than one million signatures following the vote to leave.
Diego Maradona hails his old rival Pele as an "icon" as the pair reunite for a "match of friendship" on Thursday.
Voting in the election to nine municipalities in seven districts have begun, with over three lakh people expected to exercise their franchise.
The Election Commission and the ruling Awami League claimed that the third phase Union Parishad elections were free and fair while
Three television media journalists have been attacked allegedly by Awami League men while covering vote rigging in Brahmanbaria Sadar.
Though widespread violence and loss of dozens of lives marked the first two phases of union parishad polls, the Election Commission and the law enforcement agencies have praised each other for their respective roles.
The BNP is most likely to stay in the Union Parishad polls, as senior party leaders are against quitting the race.
Another 639 unions in 47 districts go to the polls today, a week after violence in the first phase of the elections left around two dozen people dead.
The Election Commission has decided to ask the returning officers to file cases against those involved in electoral irregularities and violence at all the 65 polling centres where voting was suspended during the union parishad polls on Tuesday.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday claimed that the first phase of the union parishad polls was “acceptable” as voting was “peaceful” in most of the polling centres.
