Bangladesh police arrest opposition members over train fire

Opposition boykotter valget i Bangladesh

Selv om valgstederne først lukker senere søndag, står det allerede fast, at Sheikh Hasina fra partiet AL får en ny femårig valgperiode som premierminister i Bangladesh. For det største oppositionsparti, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), har nægtet at stille op ved valget. Det skyldes først og fremmest, at flere tusinde af partiets medlemmer er blevet fængslet forud for valget, fordi premierministeren beskylder BNP for at være en terroristorgan…

Bangladesh Poll Booths Burn on Election Eve, as Train Arson Kills 4

DHAKA—Polling booths were set ablaze in Bangladesh on the eve of Sunday’s general elections, while four people, including two children, were killed in a train fire that the government described as arson targeting democratic values. Friday’s fire broke out at about 9 p.m. (1500 GMT), injuring eight passengers as it spread to four compartments of the Benapole Express headed for the capital, Dhaka. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (…

Polls open in Bangladesh election boycotted by opposition

By Heather Chen, Vedika Sud and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Polls in Bangladesh opened on Sunday for a general election that is being boycotted by the main opposition party, with the country’s leader Sheikh Hasina – the world’s longest serving female prime minister – set to win her fourth consecutive term. Bangladesh, a country of some 170 million people, is the first in South Asia this year to head to the polls. Around 120 million people are reg…

Bangladesh comienza a votar en unas elecciones generales boicoteadas por la oposición

Dacca, 7 ene (EFE).- Los centros de votación abrieron esta mañana sus puertas en Bangladesh, que celebra este domingo unas controvertidas elecciones generales en las que la actual primera ministra, Sheikh Hasina, parte como favorita para gobernar el país por cuarta vez consecutiva entre el boicot de la oposición.La votación comenzó a las 8:00 hora local (2:00 GMT) y continuará hasta las 16:00 horas (10:00 GMT) para elegir a 299 de los 300 escaño…

Bangladesh votes in election without opposition

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.