Voting ends peacefully in mayoral poll in Bangladeshi capital

Commuters make their way on a street adorned with election posters laminated with plastic in Dhaka. Dhaka is awash with an estimated 304 million plastic-laminated posters ahead of elections in the Bangladeshi capital, and environmentalists are up in arms although the voting in the mayoral election ended peaceful on Saturday (Feb 3). - AFP

DHAKA: Voting in the mayoral election in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka passed off generally peacefully on Saturday (Feb 1), but it was marked by a low turnout in the first-ever polling conducted on electronic voting machines in the city.

Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda said he was happy with the peaceful atmosphere despite the turnout.