Tearful Salma quits race

Around noon yesterday, Salma Islam was wiping away tears while her husband and campaign manager Nurul Islam Babul announced they were boycotting the election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

AL men rule Ctg polling centres

Polling agents of BNP-led alliance candidates were barred from entering the voting centres and BNP supporters were driven out from the area in all 16 constituencies in Chattogram during yesterday's election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Coast Guard happy with election duty performance

Director General of the Bangladesh Coast Guard Rear Admiral Aurangzeb Chowdhury yesterday said his force had discharged its duties in a manner so that the people of the coastal areas can cast vote in a free, fair and peaceful atmosphere.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Leftist parties reject polls, demand re-election

Rejecting the 11th parliamentary election, several leftist political parties yesterday demanded a “re-election” under a “non-partisan caretaker government” as early as possible.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

No privacy while voting

Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Election was peaceful

After visiting several polling centres in Dhaka, a team of foreign and local election observers find voting are taking place smoothly and peacefully.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Police-aided ballot stuffing

The ruling party supporters were seen stuffing ballot boxes from 1:45pm to 2:15pm at Gulshan Model School and College in Dhaka yesterday.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

AL believes in democracy: Hasina

Awami League believes in democracy and has faith in the people, the party's president Sheikh Hasina said yesterday morning, after casting her vote. “We will accept whatever decision the people will make.”
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

'If they don't come, how will they be seen?'

In the face of allegations that agents of BNP were hardly visible in polling centres across the country, the chief election commissioner (CEC) has claimed that they were not seen because they did not show up in the first place.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Fair election possible under partisan govt

HT Imam, co-chairman of the Awami League polls steering committee, yesterday said this election has proved that a free, fair and neutral one is possible under a partisan government.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Son casts vote on behalf of sick father!

It was 2:42pm when these correspondents entered a voting booth at Lalbagh Government Primary School in Natore sadar. A voter named Mobarak Hossain, 35, told the polling official his serial number -- 169 -- and his name.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Oikyafront terms polls Farcical

Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday demanded the Election Commission immediately scrap the “farcical election” and hold a fresh one under a nonpartisan interim government.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

National polls under int'l spotlight

International media widely covered yesterday's national election that saw deadly clashes and accusations of vote rigging.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

EVM proves prone to abuse

The Election Commission touted the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as a foolproof alternative to the traditional method of ballot paper, but that too fell prey to sweeping abuse yesterday.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Snapshots of Polls Day

Snapshots of Polls Day
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

3 journalists beaten up

At least three journalists, including a photojournalist of this paper, were assaulted during parliamentary polls in Dhaka and Chattogram yesterday, while a number of journalists covering polls for this paper faced obstructions from activists of political parties and law enforcers in the capital.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Of Queues and Chaos

Of Queues and Chaos
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

What they said

What they said
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Hat-trick for Hasina

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has led her party to a third consecutive win in parliamentary polls, securing two-thirds majority in yesterday's election held in an atmosphere dominated by the ruling party men.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM

Their first vote

Many across the country exercised their voting rights for the first time yesterday, at the 11th national election.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM