The Philippines reports the first overseas death from the growing epidemic of a coronavirus that originated in China, where new confirmed infections jumped by a daily record to top 14,000 cases.

Awami League mayoral candidates were unofficially declared elected in the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) elections on Saturday.

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif says the ruling party would resist tomorrow’s hartal called by the BNP over rejecting the city corporation polls results.

Fondly known as ‘Julian Bhai’ to his Bangladeshi friends, Francis joined a project of Oxfam in Bihar in 1968. He started working at the camp in India for the Liberation War refugees from Bangladesh. The role he played there earned him the ‘Friends of Liberation War’ honour from Bangladesh in 2012. After voting for the first time in the country, he shared his experience with us. Below is what he saw, in his own words.

Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has said the voter turnout was less than 25 percent till last reported in the elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations held today.

Transport owners have decided to operate their vehicles in the capital tomorrow despite BNP calling a daylong hartal on the day.

Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda says the elections to the Dhaka north and south city corporations was held in a free, fair and credible manner.

Voting began at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a third quick analysis of what happened so far.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) says the Election Commission and the government have failed to hold participatory elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations.

BNP has called a daylong hartal -- from dawn till dusk -- tomorrow in Dhaka city, rejecting the results of Dhaka North and South City Corporation elections.

Mohammad Abu Taher, 73, had to wait for 15 minutes just for the electronic voting machine (EVM) to recognise his fingerprint, a photographer of this newspaper saw first-hand at the polling centre in Banani Bidyaniketan School and College.

A group of Awami League men clashes with BNP activists in front of the latter’s Nayapaltan party office in the capital, hours after voting in Dhaka North and South City Corporations ends.

The number of deaths from a coronavirus epidemic in China rises to 259, the country’s health authority says, as the United States and other nations announce new border curbs on foreigners who have been in China.

BNP submits a written complaint to the Election Commission over irregularities centring the ongoing Dhaka North and South city corporation elections.

A 14-year-old girl from Bandarban was allegedly raped inside a missionary compound at Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

At least thirty-three complaints on election-time irregularities have been lodged with the Election Commission (EC) till this afternoon.

Awami League presidium member Jahangir Kabir Nanak says there is no need for polling agents during an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)-only election.

Voting began at 8:00am and ended at 4:00pm. We have Golam Mortaza with us providing a second quick analysis of what happened so far.

Mostafizur Rahman Sumon, a crime reporter of online news portal Agami News, has been attacked while taking photos of a gathering of Awami League activists at Zafrabad in Mohammadpur.

Gano Front mayor candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation Abdus Samad Sujan boycott the elections after bringing allegations of vote rigging and grabbing of polling centers by ruling party men.