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The Jatiya Sangsad has unanimously adopted obituary references on a number of distinguished personalities including Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal executive president Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal MP and former mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that people have rejected BNP in the local body elections for its negative politics.

BNP rejects the election results of Barisal and Rajshahi city corporations and demandes reelection to the two cities.

Awami League candidate Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah takes the lead by a huge margin in Barisal City Corporation (BCC) elections that ended amid allegations of massive vote rigging and irregularities.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has expressed satisfaction over yesterday's three city corporation elections, saying the polls were “considerably good”.

The ruling Awami League's mayoral candidates won big in two city corporations and the BNP contender was leading in one in yesterday's battle of ballots, marred by widespread electoral irregularities.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy alleges that BNP activists were conducting irregularities in the elections to the three city corporations -- Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Barisal.

Awami League mayoral runner AHM Khairuzzaman Liton wins the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections defeating his rival BNP candidate Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul by a big margin, according to election officials.

Prime opposition BNP accuses the government of devising the Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal city corporation elections according to their blueprint.

Authorities suspend voting at five centres in Sylhet and Barisal after allegations of vote rigging and irregularities.

Voting has been suspended at a polling centre in Sylhet city for half an hour after Awami League men allegedly snatched ballot papers in presence of AL mayor candidate Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran at the centre.

Ruling Awami League HAS accused the BNP of pulling false complaints and trying to mar the city corporation elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal.

A clash breaks out between police and suspected BCL men when the latter were allegedly stuffing ballot boxes at a polling centre in Shahjalal Jamia Islamia Kamil Madrasah polling station in Sylhet.

Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP mayor candidate for Sylhet City Corporation elections, today said despite such wide-spread rigging he would not boycott the polls as he wants to "see the end of it."

Sylhet City Corporation Election-2018

Both Awami League and BNP mayor candidates have cast their votes in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections.

Rajshahi City Corporation election 2018.

AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Awami League mayor candidate of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections, expresses a strong confidence that he would clinch a landslide victory against his rivals.

Incidents of violence, widespread allegations of irregularities and boycotting stains the city corporation elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal.