Newly elected mayors of Rajshahi and Sylhet city corporations AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and Ariful Haque Chowdhury takes oath of office.

The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the deputy commissioner of Sylhet to immediately return Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury's passport for six months.

BNP candidate Ariful Haque Choudhury was declared elected mayor of Sylhet yesterday as he defeated his nearest rival Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran of Awami League by 6,196 votes.

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.

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.

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."

Sylhet City Corporation Election-2018

Both Awami League and BNP mayor candidates have cast their votes in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections.

Preparations for holding the Sylhet City Corporation election tomorrow are nearly complete.