A worker loads an empty ballot box onto a vehicle for transport to polling centers ahead of the national elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo)
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CNBC TV1811-02-2026, 08:34

Bangladesh Elections: Over 50% Polling Centres 'Risky', CCTV & Body Cams Deployed

  • More than half of Bangladesh's polling centres are identified as "risk-prone" for the general elections.
  • 90% of these centres will be under CCTV surveillance; police in Dhaka will use body cameras for the first time.
  • Election Commission's security system is based on risk assessment, with the largest-ever deployment of law enforcement.
  • Police identified 24,000 out of nearly 43,000 polling centres as high or moderate risk-prone.
  • The election is mainly between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, with BNP as the frontrunner.

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