No irregularities have been detected yet in the polling stations during the Gaibandha by-election, said Election Commissioner Rashida Sultana.
She said this while observing the election on the CCTV cameras from the Election Commission office at Agargaon in the capital on Wednesday morning, reports UNB.
She also said that the voter turnout was low due to chilly weather.
"We can see the voting in the CCTV cameras. So far, there is no problem at the polling centers," she said.
EC IDEA Project DPD(Communications) Squadron Leader Shahriar Alamg told reporters that the election is being monitored directly from Dhaka through a total of 1,242 CCTV cameras.
The voting is being monitored by CC cameras from 8 am at the EC control room on the fifth floor of the Election Commission.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, Election Commissioners Ahsan Habib Khan, Md. Alamgir, Rashida Sultana and Anisur Rahman are monitoring the polls.