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    Earlier in the day, the JP leader alleged that ruling party polling agents drove out polling agents of JP from 174 polling centres of 24 municipalities during voting in Wednesday’s municipal elections. Jatiya Party, a key ally of the Awami League led grand alliance government, has alleged that today’s municipality elections were not fair by any chance. “The Jatiya Party candidates even could not cast their votes in Satkania and Jamalpur Sadar municipalities and our candidates were harassed in several other constituencies,” JP’s Senior Joint Secretary Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan said at a post-polls press conference at the party’s central office today, reports Prothom Alo. Earlier in the day, the JP leader alleged that ruling party polling agents drove out polling agents of JP fro...

    BNP today said their apprehension of a ‘farcical election’ became true as today’s municipality polls have been marked by “gross irregularities”. The party demanded re-election to at least 1,500 polling centres of 160 municipalities. It alleged that the agents of the party candidates were forced out of more than 1,500 polling stations in 157 to 200 municipalities. “The election was held as per the blueprint of the government that we had anticipated earlier. There were no signs of peaceful environment during the polls,” BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said in a post-poll reaction this afternoon at Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office. He said attacks on BNP candidates, their polling agents and intimidation of voters took place in most of the elec-toral consti...

    Hundreds of leaders and activists of pro-liberation and progressive organisations demonstrated at Gulshan-2 intersection on Tuesday demanding action against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for her remarks about the number of 1971 Liberation War martyrs. As per their earlier announcement, leaders and activists of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, Muktijoddha Sangsad, Sector Commanders’ Forum, and other pro-liberation organisations and free-dom fighters started gathering at Gulshan-2 since 10am, reports UNB. As they moved towards Khaleda’s residence to lay a siege around 11am, police intercepted them saying they cannot allow them to hold any gathering in the diplomatic zone. Later, the protestors took position in front of Gulshan Tower at the Gulshan-2 intersection and ch...