Voting in Khulna City Corporation election is under way with spontaneous participation of the voters beginning at 8 in the morning amid heightened security.
Awami League’s Talukder Abdul Khalek; BNP’s Nazrul Islam Manju; Islami Andolon Bangladesh’s Muzzammil Haque, Communist Party of Bangladesh’s Mizanur Rahman Babu and Jatiya party’s SM Shafiqur Rahman are vying for the post of mayor.
Bangla Tribune is giving live coverage (in Bengali) from all around Khulna city. As voter turnouts continue to increase, here are some snapshots of the situation in the morning.
Voters are seen standing in long queue to calls ballot using electronic voting machines (EVM) at the city’s PTI voting centre.
A polling agent helps a man cast vote using electronic voting machines (EVM) at a booth.
A polling agent marks the finger of a voter after casting ballot at a poll centre.
Hanif Mollah, 50, who has long been suffering from broken waist, comes to the city’s Talimul Millat Madarasa polling centre riding a van to cast his ballot.
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