A young man casts his vote at a polling center in Karanigonj.Bangladeshi citizens exercise their constitutional rights by casting votes in the Upazilla Parishad Election 2009 after around 19 long years. 7, 32, 58,950 voters are expected to participate in this year’s poll. A total of 8,000 candidates are contesting for the 479 chairmen posts and the same number of vice-chairmen and women vice-chairmen posts in the Parishads. Simultaneously beginning in all parts of the country the election is to continue from 8 am to 4 pm. Kharaniganj,Dhaka, Bangladesh.22 January,2009

Photo:Monirul Alam