UN wants probe into ‘polls irregularities’

The United Nations (UN) has encouraged the competent authorities in Bangladesh to investigate all the allegations relating city polls and the opposition to use the democratic institutions to express its concerns, reports UNB.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is aware of BNP's decision of polls boycott and appealed to all parties to express their differences through peaceful means.
"The Secretary General is aware of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's decision to boycott the Dhaka and Chittagong elections amid allegations of electoral fraud," said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN chief in a briefing at its headquarters.