A Chhatra Dal leader died of his wounds at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital last night, around an hour after he came under attack allegedly from some rival men near mayor elect Ariful Haque Choudhury's home in the city's Kumarpara area.

Three journalists were assaulted by activists of Awami League and its student wing BCL yesterday and another one was allegedly beaten up by police, while they were covering the city corporation polls in Sylhet.

Sylhet, a city known to be a place of religious and political harmony, turned turbulent yesterday as citizens came to polling station to elect a mayor and ward councillors.

Ariful Haque Chowdhury, BNP mayoral candidate in the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections, is slightly ahead of his Awami League contestant Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran in a close contest, according to the polls results received so far.

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.

Law enforcers are compelled to fire blank shots to curb ballot stuffing at a centre in Sylhet during the city corporation election there.

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.

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.

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

Preparations for holding the Sylhet City Corporation election tomorrow are nearly complete.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections will be held tomorrow (July 30). Watch the video to know about the mayor runners in the city polls.

The electoral campaign in the three city corporations -- Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal -- is ending formally at midnight tonight.

Forty- four platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members are deployed in Rajshahi, Sylhet, Barisal ahead of the city corporation elections.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda turns down BNP’s demand for army deployment in the Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal City Corporation elections scheduled to be held on July 30.

Terming the recently held Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) election "Khulna style", citizen's rights platform Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) apprehends that the three upcoming city polls in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal will be held in the similar fashion.

A total of 12 mayoral aspirants of the ruling Awami League collect nomination forms from the party President Sheikh Hasina's Dhanmondi office for the city corporation elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barisal, scheduled to be held on July 30.