Khaleda informs Sharmen about ‘vote fraud’

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Friday informed US under secretary of state for political affairs Wendy Sherman about the ‘vote fraud’ in Tuesday’s elections to three major city corporations and provided her with documents in this regard, reports United News of Bangladesh.

4 killed in Kushtia road accident

At least four people were killed and 30 more injured as a bus fell into a roadside ditch at Noy Mile of Mirpur upazila in Kushtia early Thursday, United News of Bangladesh reports.

BRTC leaves 32 inter dist routes to pvt operators

State run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has been facing obstructions from private bus operators in opening and continuing its bus service on inter-district routes, said officials. In last five years, BRTC was compelled to wind up its bus service from at least 32 inter-district routes to facilitate monopoly business of private bus companies, said the officials.

COUNCILLOR POLLS

Over 20 AL rebels, 8 BNP candidates win

People hired as Ansars clash with police over poll day pay

At least seven people who were hired to serve as Ansar members during the elections were injured when police fired blanks and charged batons on members who were demonstrating at the capital’s Darussalam area Wednesday evening in demand for dues from electoral duties.

AL rivals clash for controlling vote rigging.

The activists of rival candidates from ruling Awami League clashed each others at several polling stations in three city corporation elections in the capital and Chittagong in a bid to rig votes and occupy centres.

Polling officers helped ballot stuffing at Curzon Hall centre.

The polling station at Curzon Hall of Dhaka University on Tuesday presented vivid show ballot stuffing by the polling agents of ruling Awami League’s candidates with help from the election officers.

DHAKA, CHITTAGONG CITY POLLS Violence, rigging, boycott mar polls.

City polls in Dhaka South, Dhaka North and Chittagong were held on Tuesday amidst widespread stuffing and intimidation by ruling Awami League men, boycott by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed candidates .....

Many factors to influence port city polls.

Personal image of two main rival candidates Awami League-backed AJM Nasir and BNP-backed M Manjur Alam, advantage and disadvantage of Manjur’s incumbency and intra-party conflict may be the key factors in the election today’s election to Chittagong City Corporation.

DHAKA, CHITTAGONG CITY POLLS Polls today as tension runs high.

Dhaka South City, Dhaka North City and Chittagong are set to go to mayoral polls today in the backdrop of opposition BNP candidates expressing doubts whether the polling would be free and fair.