On April 23, we ran a report on how 100,500 electronic voting machines (EVMs), out of 150,000 total, worth Tk 3,825 crore, will soon be gutted as they “are no longer usable,” according to an Election Commission official. These machines, with an official lifespan of 10 years, were bought in 2018 just before the election that year, at a cost of Tk 2.35 lakh each 11 times more
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said though the government was complacent with a one-party election, the people spontaneously boycotted the polls