Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Polling is set to begin in Bangladesh for the 12th general elections on January 7. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed is expected to secure another term amid boycott calls by the main opposition party, BNP.
Ahead of the general assembly elections, the nation is witnessing several cases of pre-poll violence. Till now, 14 polling centres and two schools have been torched in Bangladesh.
The country’s Election Commission reports that over 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes at more than 42,000 polling stations on Sunday.
The election results will likely begin early on January 8.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh counts votes after election without opposition
Bangladesh election officials began counting votes Sunday after polls guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina closed, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”.
Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voters cast ballots in a Bangladesh election marred by violence
Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in a parliamentary election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League to seize a fourth consecutive term.
Days of violence including at least 18 arson attacks preceded the vote but the election day passed relatively calm. One hour before the voting closed, turnout was only 27.15%, said the Election Commission.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh registers 27.15 % voter turnout till 3:00 pm
Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP and its allies.
The turnout for the 12th national parliamentary election has only been 27.15 per cent as of 3 pm, Election Commission Secretary Md Jahangir Alam said.
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Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh votes in election without opposition
Bangladesh was voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”.
Hasina has presided over breakneck economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown.
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Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voters cast ballots in a Bangladesh election marred by violence
Voters in Bangladesh cast their ballots Sunday as polls opened in a parliamentary election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League to seize a fourth consecutive term.
Authorities said at least 18 arson attacks were reported across the country since late Friday, with 10 of them targeting polling places. Four people died Friday in an arson attack on a passenger train heading toward the capital, Dhaka. The incidents have intensified tensions ahead of the parliamentary elections that the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allied groups said they would shun.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: ‘We want govt to continue…people not with BNP’, Voters cast their votes on polling day
Bangladesh voters participated in the general elections in large numbers on Sunday, exuding confidence in the incumbent Awami League-led government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The voters said that there will not be any impact from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as people are not with them, but with the progress that the country has witnessed in the last 15 years.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh goes to poll amid boycott by main Opposition BNP
Bangladeshis on Sunday turned up in low numbers to cast their votes for the general elections likely to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for a fourth straight term, amid pre-poll violence and a boycott by the main opposition party BNP and its allies.
The first four hours of voting in the 12th parliamentary election saw a voter turnout of 18.50 per cent, Election Commission Secretary Jahangir Alam said.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh newspaper site blocked as country votes
One of Bangladesh’s key newspapers critical of the government said Sunday its website had been blocked, as the country votes in a general election boycotted by the opposition.
Sajid Hoque, news editor at the Daily Manab Zamin, said the paper had been “flooded with calls and messages” from readers who said “that they cannot access our website”.
The newspaper’s printed edition was still available on the streets.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Situation in Bengal is worse than Manipur, says BJP MP Dilip Ghosh
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday lashed out at the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal and said that the condition of the state is “worse than Manipur.”
BJP MP Dilip Ghosh said, “The situation in Bengal is worse than Manipur. People voted for this government in the state. People will punish it for what it is doing. Central Government is doing its job of making suggestions and offering help for the upkeep of law & order. We can see that the situation in Bengal and at the Bangladesh border is not good for the security of the country, we had been saying this.”
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: A fire in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh guts more than 1,000 shelters
A fire raced through a crammed camp of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh’s southern coastal district of Cox’s Bazar, gutting more than 1,000 shelters and leaving thousands homeless, a fire official and the United Nations said on Sunday.
The fire broke out around midnight on Saturday at Kutupalong camp in Ukhiya and spread quickly, fanned by strong winds, Shafiqul Islam, head of the Ukhiya Fire Station, told The Associated Press.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: “We want govt to continue…people not with BNP,” says Bangladesh voters cast their votes on polling day
Bangladesh voters participated in the general elections in large numbers on Sunday, exuding confidence in the incumbent Awami League-led government under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The voters said that there will not be any impact from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as people are not with them, but with the progress that the country has witnessed in the last 15 years.
Notably, around 170 million people in Bangladesh are voting to elect 299 lawmakers during the 12th national election amid a boycott by the main opposition BNP.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Prime Minister Hasina condemns the main opposition party as a ‘terrorist’
Prime Minister Hasina condemns the main opposition party as a ‘terrorist’ organization and calls on the public to express their confidence in the democratic process through voting. After casting her vote at Dhaka City College with her sister and daughter, Hasina stated, “The BNP is a terrorist organization,” emphasizing her commitment to sustaining democracy in the country.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh police say fired shotguns to break up opposition protest
Bangladesh police say fired shotguns to break up opposition protest
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Visuals from outside a polling booth in Dhaka
Visuals from outside a polling booth in Dhaka as voting for Bangladesh general elections 2024 begins.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: PM Sheikh Hasina casts her vote at a polling booth in Dhaka
PM Sheikh Hasina casts her vote at a polling booth in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is set for fourth consecutive term, says Ghulam Abbas Shah
“PM Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League is set for a fourth consecutive term. As Bangladesh goes to the polls today, a big question has emerged. Because Sheikh Hasina’s opposition parties, BNP & allied have boycotted the general elections. Will it be a one-woman show,” said Ghulam Abbas Shah in a post X.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voting begins in Bangladesh
A total of 28 political parties are contesting the election as 1971 candidates are vying for it in 299 constituencies out of total 300.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: People queue up outside a polling station in Dhaka
People queue up outside a polling station in Dhaka as voting is underway for the general elections 2024.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Sheikh Hasina praises India on voting day, highlights New Delhi’s role in Liberation War
As Bangladesh goes to the polls today, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina extended her wishes for India and said that Bangladesh is lucky to have a trusted friend like India. She also highlighted India’s support during the Liberation War in 1971.
In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ”We are very lucky…India is our trusted friend. During our Liberation War, they supported us…After 1975, when we lost our whole family…they gave us shelter. So our best wishes to the people of India.”
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: A passenger train was set ablaze in Dhaka
According to Reuters, a passenger train was set ablaze in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing four.
The fire is among 14 arson incidents in Bangladesh this weekend ahead of what many claim is a rigged election.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Opposition members boycott election
Opposition members and their supporters are marching through the streets to reject general elections scheduled for January 8, and call on people not to vote. Many opposition parties are boycotting the vote as they consider the elections to be rigged in favor of PM Hasina.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voter turnout will not be less than 50% by the end of the day, says Bangladesh Election Commissioner Anisur Rahman
Bangladesh general elections 2024: “I think the voter turnout will not be less than 50 per cent by the end of the day. The environment is peaceful across the country,” says Bangladesh Election Commissioner Anisur Rahman.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: India is our trusted friend, says Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says, ”You are most welcome. We are very lucky…India is our trusted friend. During our liberation war, they supported us…After 1975, when we lost our whole family…they gave us shelter. So our best wishes to the people of India.”
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: 175,000 police officers and more than 515,000 members of the Ansar reserve force mobilised
Polls will stay open until 5:00 pm with results expected after midnight, but Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed’s opponents have called a weekend general strike and urged the public not to vote.
Some voters said they had been threatened with the confiscation of government benefit cards needed to access welfare payments if they refused to cast ballots for the ruling Awami League. “They said they would seize it from me if I don’t vote,” Lal Mia, 64, told AFP in the central district of Faridpur. “They said since the government feeds us, we have to vote for them.”
The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and other parties staged months of protests last year demanding Hasina step down ahead of the vote.
Around 25,000 opposition cadres including the BNP’s entire local leadership were arrested in the ensuing crackdown, the party says. The government puts the figure at 11,000.
Scattered protests continued in the days ahead of the election, including a few hundred opposition supporters who marched through central Dhaka on Friday — a shadow of the hundreds of thousands seen at rallies last year.
The election commission said around 175,000 police officers and more than 515,000 members of the Ansar reserve force had been deployed to keep order during the vote. (AFP)
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladesh votes in election without opposition
Bangladesh began voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests.
Hasina has presided over exceptional economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown.
Hasina’s party faces almost no effective rivals in the seats it is contesting but has avoided fielding candidates in a few seats, an apparent effort to avoid the legislature being branded a one-party institution. (AFP)
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voting begins
Voting has begun in Bangladesh for the 12th general elections on Sunday, January 6. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed is expected to secure another term amid boycott calls by the main opposition party, BNP.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Bangladeshis to vote at more than 42,000 polling stations today
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: For the Bangladesh assembly elections, more than 42,000 polling stations are set for Sunday. A total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes, as reported by the country’s Election Commission.
Women make up almost half of the nearly 120 million eligible voters, while first-time voters number about 15 million.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: ‘Election will be called off if….’ says CEC
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Amid rising tensions in the nation ahead of general assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Bangladesh, Kazi Habibul Awal warned of cancelling the election if the Election Commission finds any irregularities in the Sunday’s election, reported Dhaka Tribune.
He made it clear that vote rigging, ballot snatching, monetary transactions and possible show of power in favour of any candidate or candidates will not be allowed during the voting process.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Smart Election Management BD app crashes a day ahead of election polls
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: The Bangladesh Election Commission’s election application, “Smart Election Management BD” crashed a day ahead of general elections scheduled to take place on January 7.
The Tk21 crore app, launched by the Election Commission for voters to find election-related details, including polling centre locations, stopped working a day before the polling date.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Elections marred by pre-poll violence in the country
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Ahead of the general assembly elections, at least 14 polling centres and two schools in 10 districts of Bangladesh were set on fire between Friday evening and early Saturday, reported PTI referring to Dhaka Tribune report.
Earlier on Saturday, miscreants burned down a polling centre in lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila. At night, the centre, Sheikh Sundar Masterpara Primary School, was set on fire.
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voting to begin today
Bangladesh Elections 2024 Live Updates: Voting for Bangladesh’s general assembly elections will begin on Sunday. Ahead of the elections, multiple cases of violence have been reported from across the country.
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