JUCSU voting off to slow start, low turnout in first hour

Voting got under way at the JUCSU polls at Jahangirnagar University slightly after the scheduled time. Few voters had lined up outside the polling centres to cast their ballots. The election was scheduled to open at 9am on Thursday at 21 polling stations in various halls and academic buildings of the university, but 15-20 minutes passed before ballot papers and other equipment were brought in to start voting. As per the rules, empty ballot boxes were shown to journalists and then sealed and prepared for voting. However, since there were not many voters outside the centres in the morning, the polling officials were not in much of a hurry. Election officials are expecting voter turnout to increase as the day...