Our reporters stationed at different polling centres across the city have found instances of “artificial queues” being formed to show high voter turnout in the Dhaka City Corporation polls.

Voting began at 8:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a quick analysis of what happened so far.

The Chief Election Commissioner’s fingerprint did not match with the server information when he tried to cast his vote at Uttara.

Gonoforum President and Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain is not satisfied with the election atmosphere as presence of voters is thin at polling centres.

Some female voters alleged that their votes were cast by polling agents of Awami League (AL) backed candidates at two polling centres in the city.

Kalpana Palma, a resident of Rajabazar, come to cast her vote at the Rotary Primary School voting centre at 9:30am.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said polling agents should have the strength to stay put at polling centres.

A group of men beat up a voter for apparently casting his vote for “sheaf of paddy”, the BNP symbol, near Curzon Hall at University of Dhaka campus.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller visits two polling centres in Dhaka today -- Rampura Ekramunnesa High School voting centre and Shaheed Monu Miah Government High School in Tejgaon area – during the Dhaka city corporation elections.

Returning Officer of Dhaka North City Corporation Abul Quasem has said he received 14 complaints of different irregularities from the candidates of the city corporation elections within the first two and a half hours after the voting began and resolved those issues immediately.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharply criticises the diplomatic missions in Dhaka that included Bangladeshi nationals as “foreign election observers”, saying that this was “outrageous”.

The turnout rate of voters in Dhaka North and South City Corporations elections today, compared to the last city corporations’ elections, is seemingly very low.

Awami League’s mayor candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation Atiqul Islam said he will accept the election result, whatever it is.

Eight agents of BNP are threatened and ask to leave polling stations at Curzan Hall and Udayan School, alleges Dhaka University white panel teacher’s convener Prof ABM Obaidul Islam.

BNP nominated mayoral candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Tabith Awal presented a set of allegations and cast his doubts over today’s elections being free and fair.

Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, Awami League’s mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation election expresses hope that Dhaka residents will cast their votes in favor of the “boat” symbol to help ensure a developed city.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina cast her vote in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) polls at Dhaka City College centre, just after 8am.

BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral candidate Israque Hossain has said, “We will not spare anyone this time if we get any news of or observe any irregularity.”

Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidates Atiqul Islam and Tabith Awal cast their vote at their respective centres.

Vote counting in Dhaka North and South City Corporations begins after the voting ended at 4:00pm.