Faisal Mahmud

Calls to boy­cott In­di­an goods in Bangladesh fol­low al­le­ga­tions of In­di­an in­ter­fer­ence in na­tion­al elec­tions.

Hasi­na wins record fifth term as PM in elec­tion boy­cotted by op­po­si­tion which vows more ag­i­ta­tions ‘to save democ­ra­cy’.

Ques­tions raised over of­fi­cial turnout of 40 per­cent af­ter op­po­si­tion boy­cott call and re­ports of emp­ty polling cen­tres.

The na­tion of 170 mil­lion peo­ple votes on Sun­day in elec­tions that the main op­po­si­tion has boy­cotted.

Amid op­po­si­tion boy­cott, rul­ing par­ty ac­cused of field­ing ‘dum­mies’ and threat­en­ing peo­ple to show up on vot­ing day.

The coun­try’s biggest sport­ing icon is fight­ing for the rul­ing par­ty in the Jan­u­ary 7 vote, boy­cotted by the op­po­si­tion.

Gar­ment man­u­fac­tur­ers wor­ry a one-sided na­tion­al vote could lead to eco­nom­ic sanc­tions for the na­tion and them.

Dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed coun­try faces worst-ever out­break in his­to­ry, with over 1,500 dead and hos­pi­tals packed to the brim.

Ex­perts at­tribute the cur­rent eco­nom­ic down­fall to an oli­garchy of po­lit­i­cal elites en­trenched in Sheikh Hasi­na regime.