Brahmanbaria Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officeer Hayat-Ud-Dowllah Khan said that the polls opened at 8am on Wednesday and will close at 4pm. Among the 40,051 voting centres that were set up throughout the country, voting were suspended in 16 centres because of unrest and irregularities. The voting centres in Ashuganj Upazila’s Jatrapur Government Primary School, Bahadurpur Government Primary School and Sohagpur South Government Primary School were among the stations where polling was suspended amid allegations of ballot box snatching and violence. The number of voters in the three polling centres is 10,574. Returning Office Hayat-ud-Dowllah Khan said adequate measures have been taken to ensure a fair re-election on Wednesday.

Source: bd News24 January 09, 2019 04:18 UTC