The fire started around 1:45pm, the Fire Service said
By-election to Badal's Chattogram-8 begins
Voting is underway in the by-election to the Chattogram-8 parliamentary seat which fell vacant after the death of JSD leader Moinuddin Khan Badal.
Published : 13 Jan 2020, 04:40 AM
Updated : 13 Jan 2020, 04:57 AM
Polls opened simultaneously in 170 voting centres across Boalkhali Upazila and the port city at 9 am on Monday. Electronic voting machines or EVMs are being used at the election.
Over 450,000 voters will cast ballots for a new representative in parliament until 5 pm.
According to Returning Officer Hasanuzzaman, all necessary preparations have been made to ensure a fair election. He is hopeful of a high voter-turnout to make it a 'representative election'.
The Chattogram-8 constituency comprises the Boalkhali Upazila and parts of Chattogram city's Chandgaon and Bayezid areas.
Six candidates are vying for the seat but the election is expected to boil down to a contest between the Awami League's Moslem Uddin Ahmed and the BNP's Abu Sufiyan.
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