11th Bangladesh national election
HARD TO BELIEVE
Tara Mia finds it difficult to even move his right arm deformed since birth. A bit tall and scrawny, the man from Sunamganj's Jamalganj upazila uses his left hand to have meals.
11th general polls a ‘bright example’ in nat’l life: EC Secy
Election Commission (EC) Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed says the 11th parliamentary election will remain as a ‘bright example’ in national life.
3 journalists beaten up
At least three journalists, including a photojournalist of this paper, were assaulted during parliamentary polls in Dhaka and Chattogram yesterday, while a number of journalists covering polls for this paper faced obstructions from activists of political parties and law enforcers in the capital.
EVM proves prone to abuse
The Election Commission touted the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as a foolproof alternative to the traditional method of ballot paper, but that too fell prey to sweeping abuse yesterday.
ANFREL gets flak from foreign affairs ministry
The foreign ministry has described the joint statement of ANFREL-affiliated organisations, issued on Saturday, as "premature" and criticised it for comments based on "misinformation and premeditated assumptions".
Voting in Lalmonirhat-3: First 3 hours peaceful, then come AL men
The first three hours were peaceful, even festive at times as people came in to cast their vote at the polling centres in the Lalmonirhat 3 constituency since early morning.
Election was peaceful
After visiting several polling centres in Dhaka, a team of foreign and local election observers find voting are taking place smoothly and peacefully.
This election is a mockery: Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says this election has become a mockery.
Oikyafront to brief media tonight
Jatiya Oikyafront will brief media this evening on overall situation of today’s general election. The press conference will be held at his Paltan office around 8:00pm.
BNP lost its mind realising imminent defeat: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader accuses the BNP-led alliance of engaging in violence and carrying out bomb attacks realising imminent election defeat.
Women barred to vote in Noakhali, Ctg
Women in Noakhali-4 and Chattogram-2 constituencies allege that ruling party men barred them from casting votes and harassed them physically.