Clouds Of January 5

Voters' enthusiasm was poor to begin with. Overnight violence left several polling centres torched and two people dead. On election day, at least 18 people were killed. Most polling centres were devoid of voters. Over two dozen of them had no votes cast at all.

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Photo: Sk Enamul Haq, Anurup Kanti Das, Amran Hossain, Prabir Das,
Palash Khan, Darshan Chakma, Azibor Rahman,
Focus Bangla, Banglar Chokh