At least four people, including a local BCL leader, are killed and 16 others injured during the sixth and final phase of union parishad elections violence in Noakhali, Mymensingh, Feni and Sunamganj.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says the causality increased during fifth phase of Union Parishad (UP) election compared to the previous phases.

Despite knowing the prevailing irregularities in the Union Parishad elections, the Election Commission (EC) did not take any action to prevent the polls violence, alleges BNP.

An Awami League (AL) rebel chairman candidate is stabbed at Kismat Gonokoir union of Durgapur upazila in Rajshahi.

The Election Commission says the fourth phases of the Union Parishad (UP) election were held relatively in a better atmosphere than the previous three phases.