A man was assaulted reportedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists near the Curzon Hall on Dhaka University campus on Saturday morning after he voted for BNP candidates in the Dhaka city election.

BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain said he will become victorious if the polling stations are protected from attacks by ruling party activists.

Jatiya Party mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Md Saifuddin Ahmed Milon on Saturday said a number of voters are having difficulties in casting votes using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM).

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Saturday he was happy with the overall atmosphere of the Dhaka city election.

Voicing dissatisfaction over the low voter turnout, Jatiya Oikya Front Convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said voters are not coming to polling stations as they have no confidence in the election system.

All polling agents of BNP were drive out of three voting centres inside Dhaka University area on Saturday morning, alleged the university’s Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) unit.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller and British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson visited several polling centres in the city on Saturday morning but did not interact with media.

Two BNP councillor candidates in the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) were attacked by their rivals on Saturday morning when they were going to cast their votes.

Balloting in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) came to an end at 4 pm on Saturday amid ‘low voter turnout’ and reports of sporadic violence and allegations of BNP agents being driven out of polling stations.

Everything is set to hold elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations with the participation of candidates from the two major political camps – Awami league and BNP – on Saturday.