Since vote casting started, allegations have been pouring in from The Daily Star journalists complaining that they were barred from entering various polling centres around Dhaka city.

A total of 47 Jatiya Oikyafront candidates have boycotted the election so far citing vote rigging and ballot stuffing.

Presiding officer of Matuail Union Parishad polling centre records 700 votes cast within two hours of voting.

Voting is underway peacefully across the country by large, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary says.

Election Commissioners Mahbub Talukder and Rafiqul Islam allege that they saw no polling agents from major opposition alliances while casting their votes at two separate centres.

Jatiya Oikyafront Convener Dr Kamal Hossain alleges of an alarming rate of ballot stuffing taking place outside Dhaka.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir cast his vote at the Thakurgaon Government High School polling centre.

There were no polling agents of main opposition parties anywhere throughout Dhaka. The Daily Star went about several constituencies in the capital, but could only find polling agents of Awami League everywhere wearing the badge of the ‘boat’.

A man is killed in a clash between Jatiya Party activists and police in Banskhali upazila of Chattogram.

Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain cast his vote at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College centre in the capital this morning.

At least four to five polling agents of the BNP are allegedly assaulted by the ruling Awami League activists in the capital’s Satarkul area.

Voting was suspended at 22 polling centres throughout the country, Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says.

After casting her ballot at Dhaka City College centre, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says she believes in democracy and will accept the people’s mandate.

Voting for the 11th parliamentary election ended peacefully in Dhaka; but was tainted with violence elsewhere across the country and cost the lives of at least a dozen people.

On December 7, 1970, after 23 years of existence, Pakistan witnessed its first general election. People from West and the then East Pakistan voted in 300 parliamentary constituencies to elect members of the National Assembly of Pakistan. The outcome of the election was a landslide win by the Awami League, which won 160 seats in the National Assembly.

After ten years, Bangladesh is back to a participatory election of sorts. Parties of all hue and colour are contesting the polls that is going to be held today. But the buck stops here.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir categorically says his party will not accept the result of a rigged election.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has sent word from jail calling voters to guard polling centres until the declaration of results, BNP claims.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will be placing restrictions on traffic in Dhaka University and other key areas on New Year eve. The New Year, as it happens, will fall on the day after Bangladesh will be voting in the 11th parliamentary election.

You can now get your voter centre information on your mobile phone. Voter centre can be obtained through short message service (SMS) on mobile phone, Asaduzzaman Arzu, director of public relations at Election Commission, tells The Daily Star.