Women voters stand in line outside a polling centre on Tuesday during the Khulna City Corporation election Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe day of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election passed without any major violence, although scattered irregularities were reported at some centres. “Cancellation of three polling centres and minor vandalism are not significant out of 289 centres,” Election Commission Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed told reporters in Dhaka. Nazrul Islam Monju cast his vote at the Rahima Government Primary School centre and Khaleque at the Government Pioneer Girls High School. The attack took place at Nurani Bahumukhi Madrasa Biddaloy polling centre around 9:50am, an EC official told the Dhaka Tribune. A female voter at PTI polling centre claimed that Awami League supporters snatched away her ballot paper from her hand.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 15, 2018 18:56 UTC