INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Polling booths have been set on fire in Bangladesh on the eve of general elections.On Friday four people, including two children, died in an
apparent arson attack on a train in Bangladesh
Police said they had arrested seven people in connection with the incident.The fire on the passenger train, which raced through four
coaches, was aimed at scaring people before the vote, a police official said, though authorities did not immediately name any individuals or
led by two powerful women: the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and the former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, an opposition leader who is under
They had demanded she step aside and let a neutral caretaker government administer the polling, but her government insisted there was no
about 9pm, Rakibul Hasan, a duty officer of the Fire Service and Civil Defence, said
At least four bodies were recovered from inside the train, police told reporters at the scene.Mahid Uddin, an additional police commissioner
Seven firefighting units were sent to the scene to douse the blaze, Hasan said.Campaigning for the elections officially ended on Friday
The Election Commission announced polling would be held in 299 of the 300 constituencies on Sunday
The election in one constituency was postponed after an independent candidate died of natural causes.Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, a senior joint
on Monday.On Friday morning, Rizvi led more than 100 opposition leaders and activists holding sticks and chanting anti-government slogans as
Thursday night, urging people to head to ballot stations
If I can form the government again, I will get a chance to correct the mistakes
ballot in more than 42,000 polling stations, the commission said
Troops have been deployed across the country to assist when needed under the supervision of magistrates, a common practice in Bangladesh
during general elections.
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
