Bangladesh Braces for Election-Day Clashes as BNP Boycotts Vote
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Bangladesh goes to the polls today amid a boycott by the main opposition party, deepening fears of further violence in the South Asian nation as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed is set to win another five-year term.
About half the 91.9 million voters won’t have to go to the polling stations to cast votes, as 153 candidates were elected uncontested, according to data from the Election Commission. Voting will take place in the remaining 147 seats in the 10th parliamentary election since the nation’s founding in 1971.