Bangladesh on Sunday began voting in the 12th general elections. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance in this general election which is boycotted by the main opposition party BNP and marred by violence ahead of the vote.

Bangladesh General Elections: Nationalist party boycotts Parliamentary elections

A Bangladesh court sentenced a former air force chief and an ex-minister to prison Thursday in the latest conviction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's political opponents ahead of elections next month. Altaf Hossain Chowdhury headed the air force until 1995 and later joined the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the main opposition to Hasina's ruling Awami League.

Crackdown on opposition continues in Bangladesh ahead of Jan 7 polls

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Bangladesh General Elections: Nationalist party boycotts Parliamentary elections

Crackdown on opposition continues in Bangladesh ahead of Jan 7 polls