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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Shafiqul ALAM

MYSTERIOUS: Bangladesh votes in election without opposition - You Need To See This

Men walk past a wall writing urging people to vote in Dhaka on January 6, 2024, on the eve of Bangladesh's general election (Credit: AFP)

Bangladesh votes Sunday in an election guaranteed to give Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests.

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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