Bangladesh Polls: 32% Turnout by Noon Amid Violence, Key Leaders Vote

• Over 32% voter turnout recorded by noon in Bangladesh's crucial parliamentary elections, despite sporadic violence.
• Voting continues across 299 constituencies; one cancelled due to a candidate's death.
• Top leaders, including Tarique Rahman (BNP) and Shafiqur Rahman (Jamaat-e-Islami), cast their ballots.
• Incidents of violence reported, including hand bomb attacks in Gopalganj and Munshiganj, injuring several.
• A BNP leader died in Khulna during an altercation with Jamaat-e-Islami activists; security forces deployed heavily.