The Election Commission yesterday said the authorities concerned have taken all necessary measures to ensure the security of voters by appointing a sufficient number of polling officials, judicial and executive magistrates and law enforcers.

With the Election Commission not being able to give the number of press passes it has issued for today's election, there are allegations that many ruling party men managed the cards.

Jamuna TV was not available in many places of the country last night.

Hours before the nation goes to polls, a Jubo League leader was hacked and beaten to death allegedly by BNP-Jamaat activists in Patiya upazila of Chattogram last night, police said.

Three garment employees were killed and at least 40 others injured when a bus ploughed into staffers getting off another bus at Korean Export Processing Zone in Anwara upazila yesterday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro yesterday announced a nascent "brotherhood" between their countries that will boost economic, military and technological cooperation.

Four members of an extremist Jewish sect based in Guatemala have been arrested in New York on charges of kidnapping two children, federal prosecutors have said.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail, is not casting her vote though her party is taking part in today's polls.

Major international media outlets closely watching the national election yesterday highlighted the deployment of troops and members of other security forces, and mounting tension and concerns over transparency.

Six men were arrested in central Vietnam for killing and eating an endangered monkey while livestreaming it on a social media site, police said yesterday.

A dozen students from a top Chinese university yesterday staged a protest after the school removed the president of an on-campus Marxist group amid an ongoing crackdown on student activists this year.

A youth was killed and three children went missing in the Jamuna as two speedboats overturned after colliding head-on near Aricha ghat in Manikganj's Shivalaya yesterday.

The Indian government has extended by six months to complete the exercise of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam state by June 30 next year.

The voters from minority communities will play a major role in the six constituencies of Khulna during tomorrow's polls as they hold a large stake in the area's vote bank.

Police recovered the slit-throat body of a two-month pregnant woman from a flat at Siddhirganj in Narayanganj yesterday.

“I am requesting all leaders and activists of the BNP and its front organisations and alliance partners not to stay at home or go to work. Also, don't sit at any tea stall or any crowded place near the streets and campaign after evening until further instruction.”

India yesterday said it would send a three-member crew in its first manned mission to the space as part of a project worth Rs 10,000 crore.

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King Salman of Saudi Arabia shook up the kingdom's Cabinet on Thursday, naming new ministers and security chiefs but keeping the levers of power firmly in the hands of his son and designated heir, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Gunmen have killed five villagers in central Nigeria's Plateau state, police said yesterday, but it was not immediately clear if the killings were linked to a long-running battle over grazing rights.