1 Killed in Bangladesh Protest

Officials in Bangladesh say clashes in the capital between security forces and opposition activists have left one student dead. Authorities say the student was killed Sunday in Dhaka as demonstrators gathered in defiance of a government ban on large political gatherings. Thousands of security forces have been deployed to the capital in an effort to prevent the mass rally calling on Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina to cancel elections set for January 5. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist...

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