Voting ends amid violence, poor turnout, 21 dead

The voting in 147 constituencies in the 10th parliamentary elections ended at 4pm today amid low turnout and clashes between law enforcers and anti-election activists that left at least 21 people dead in different districts.
Among the deceased, three were killed in Dinajpur, two each in Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Nilphamari and Feni districts, and one each in Laxmipur and Munshiganj districts.
In the capital, at least five people, including an Ansar member, were injured as anti-election activists exploded over 40 crude bombs near different polling stations during the voting.
Meanwhile, polling at 149 centres in 14 districts was postponed due to destruction of those in arson attacks by anti-election activists, sources at the Election Commission Secretariat said.
So far, four candidates, including rebel contestant of Awami League in Sirajganj-5, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) candidate in Lalmonirhat-1, independent runner in Jamalpur-1 and Jatiya Party (Monju) candidate in Jamalpur-5, rejected the polls on charges of vote rigging.
Claiming that people across the country rejected outright the controversial 10th general election, opposition BNP Sunday said the defeat of the government has been ensured through the rejection, according to news agency