Bangladesh votes in poll without opposition

By Agence France-Presse

Jan 08, 2024 12:12 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh began voting Sunday in an election guaranteed to give a fifth term in office to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, after a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a 'terrorist organization.'

Hasina has presided over exceptional economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown.

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