Whatever America’s game plan may be about Bangladesh, an opposition-mukt political space will only make things difficult for Sheikh Hasina going forward.
Ruling Awami League faces no serious challenge from Opposition, which boycotted polls after Sheikh Hasina refused their demand to conduct elections under caretaker govt.
More than 42,000 polling stations are set for Sunday’s elections, where a total of 119.6 million registered voters are eligible to cast their votes, reports Election Commission.
Rights groups say the country of 170 million is headed for virtual one-party rule, after the boycott by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and some of its smaller allies.
Friday night saw a train being set on fire in Dhaka and a Buddhist temple charred at Cox’s Bazar. A tired nation wonders where will Bangladesh be after Hasina returns to power
Even as Modi govt steadfastly backs the ruling Awami League and Hasina, experts say New Delhi risks putting all its eggs in one basket in the long-run.
Bangladesh's top cop says 'saboteurs had planned to create panic among public on election day by causing loud explosions or attacking polling booths using Molotov cocktails'.
BNP has said ‘false votes should not be cast in the name of the dead like in previous polls’. Party is also distributing pamphlets asking citizens not to vote in Sunday’s national elections.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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