Bangladesh election: polls open after campaign marred by violence

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina vies to extend decade-long rule amid accusations of repressionPolls have opened in Bangladesh’s first contested election in a decade after a campaign marred by killings and the mass arrest of opposition leaders and activists.More than 100m voters will deliver a verdict on the decade-long rule of Sheikh Hasina, the daughter of the country’s foremost independence leader, who has overseen record economic growth but undermined the country’s democratic institutions. Continue reading…
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