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Bangladesh polls to go ahead despite Hasina boycott

Bangladesh will go ahead with planned parliamentary elections this month despite a decision by a mainstream political alliance to boycott it, election officials said on Thursday. The election is set for January 22, but the multi-party alliance led by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday it was boycotting the vote, accusing the interim government charged with organizing the polls of favoring her opponents. Full Story