The counting of votes was underway on Thursday after Bangladeshis cast ballots in the crucial 13th general elections to elect a new government to replace the interim administration which took charge after the Awami League collapse in 2024. The counting began after voting concluded at 4.30 pm. 

However, in places where voters were in line inside the polling station, voting was to continue. Meanwhile, a crude bomb blast at Makhati Gurucharan High School poll station in Munshiganj caused a brief disruption. There were no casualties.