Fifty-five municipalities in 34 districts go to polls today amid worries over violence and confusion among many about being able to cast votes in a free and fair manner.

The dwellers of Thakurgaon town yesterday expressed fear and panic centering today’s municipality polls as the ruling Awami League candidate threatened voters to leave the town if they did not cast votes for “boat”.

Bangladesh recorded five novel coronavirus deaths and 404 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the members of Bangladesh Ansar and VDP to motivate rural people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine to eliminate the pandemic.

Bangladesh recorded 10 novel coronavirus deaths and 388 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.

The Election Commission has drafted a guideline for imparting training to polls-related officials, keeping in it controversial positions like “special speakers” and “course advisers” amid allegations of financial corruption through such posts.

Eight more coronavirus-related deaths and 387 fresh cases were recorded in the country in the 24 hours ending at 8:00am.

Bangladesh reported 16 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday, taking the national death tally to 8,221.

Fifteen more people died of Covid-19 and 292 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Bangladesh reported seven new Covid-19 deaths until yesterday morning, including six in Dhaka, taking the national tally to 8,182 since the pandemic began.

Bangladesh recorded 13 coronavirus deaths and 485 fresh cases overnight.

Some people are out to turn the EC into a controversial institution by making different allegations against it, Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam said yesterday.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,149 as the health authorities recorded 12 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

One hundred and one Supreme Court lawyers yesterday sent a letter to President Abdul Hamid, requesting him to constitute the Supreme Judicial Council to probe allegations of “financial corruption and gross misconduct” against the CEC and other election commissioners.

Ten more people died of novel coronavirus and 443 new cases were reported in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

The health authorities in Bangladesh recorded 16 more coronavirus-related deaths and 369 new cases in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Elections to 62 municipalities in 36 districts ended yesterday amid reports of clashes, stuffing of ballot boxes and driving polling agents out of voting centres.

A total of 62 municipalities would go to polls today amid worries of violence.

The health authorities in Bangladesh yesterday confirmed 15 new coronavirus-related deaths and 509 new cases, raising the death toll to 8,087.

Frustrated with the disorder during the Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) election, Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder dubbed the polls as a “model for irregularities”.