Revote at two polling centres in Sylhet City Corporation will be held on August 11.
Sylhet, a city known to be a place of religious and political harmony, turned turbulent yesterday as citizens came to polling station to elect a mayor and ward councillors.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has expressed satisfaction over yesterday's three city corporation elections, saying the polls were “considerably good”.
Three journalists were assaulted by activists of Awami League and its student wing BCL yesterday and another one was allegedly beaten up by police, while they were covering the city corporation polls in Sylhet.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy alleges that BNP activists were conducting irregularities in the elections to the three city corporations -- Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Barisal.
Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP mayoral candidate in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections, is slightly ahead of his Awami League contestant Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran in a close contest, according to the polls results received so far.
Authorities suspend voting at five centres in Sylhet and Barisal after allegations of vote rigging and irregularities.
Law enforcers are compelled to fire blank shots to curb ballot stuffing at a centre in Sylhet during the city corporation election there.
Voting has been suspended at a polling centre in Sylhet city for half an hour after Awami League men allegedly snatched ballot papers in presence of AL mayor candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at the centre.
Revote at two polling centres in Sylhet City Corporation will be held on August 11.
Three journalists were assaulted by activists of Awami League and its student wing BCL yesterday and another one was allegedly beaten up by police, while they were covering the city corporation polls in Sylhet.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has expressed satisfaction over yesterday's three city corporation elections, saying the polls were “considerably good”.
Sylhet, a city known to be a place of religious and political harmony, turned turbulent yesterday as citizens came to polling station to elect a mayor and ward councillors.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy alleges that BNP activists were conducting irregularities in the elections to the three city corporations -- Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Barisal.
Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP mayoral candidate in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections, is slightly ahead of his Awami League contestant Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran in a close contest, according to the polls results received so far.
Authorities suspend voting at five centres in Sylhet and Barisal after allegations of vote rigging and irregularities.
Law enforcers are compelled to fire blank shots to curb ballot stuffing at a centre in Sylhet during the city corporation election there.
Voting has been suspended at a polling centre in Sylhet city for half an hour after Awami League men allegedly snatched ballot papers in presence of AL mayor candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at the centre.
Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP mayor candidate for Sylhet City Corporation elections, today said despite such wide-spread rigging he would not boycott the polls as he wants to "see the end of it."
