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Bangladesh's Opposition Calls for Voter Boycott Ahead of Parliamentary Polls

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Bangladesh is holding parliamentary elections Sunday, despite an opposition voter boycott and pre-election violence said to include arson attacks on 100 polling stations and injuries to at least 20 poll workers and police officers.The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party is urging voters to stay home from what it called a "farcical" election, while ruling Awami League candidates run unopposed in more than half of the country's constituencies.Polls are set to open at 8 a.m....

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