the opposition, the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, the bangladesh nationalist house arrest on separate charges, just how legitimate will this election how legitimate will it be views by the international community when you have observers already questioning the environment that the country was under?— country was under? absolutely, i mean they _ country was under? absolutely, i mean they are — country was under? absolutely, i mean they are rightly _ country was under? absolutely, i mean they are rightly pointed - country was under? absolutely, i l mean they are rightly pointed out, raised caution with respect to the environment, election is not a single day thing, what we have seen since october 289, that the bnp leaders have been arrested, they claimed 21,000 plus of their activists and leaders were arrested. some have been convicted. we have seen serious oppression against the opposition, the other political parties and as a matter—of—fact 16 political parties is boycotting, and leading to this over the years, the situation we saw has been serious erosion of

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to shun the poll.essive environment. this was prime minister sheikh hasina voting a little earlier. the initial results are expected by early monday. our south asia correspondent samira hussain, is outside a polling station in the capital, dhaka, and told me the latest developments. well, in previous general elections there has been quite a bit of violence as well, but also, more concerningly, there was a lot of vote rigging, which is why this election, prime minister sheikh hasina was determined to have what she could call free and fair elections. of course, the challenge is that the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, did not participate. polls have just closed. i am near a polling station and they are going to start counting the votes shortly. but if you look at voter turnout, i mean, just half an hour before the polls closed, we heard from the election commissioner that in fact there was about a 27% voter turnout. that is pretty low. by comparison, in the last general election

the likely outcome because as you rightly pointed out, the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist partylections. they accuse the government of being unable to hold free and fair elections. so with really no strong opposition to oppose ms hasina and her awami league party, it seems there was little doubt she was going to cruise through to yet another victory. samira, so the bnp did not take part, they boycotted the elections, there has been violence in the run—up to today. in terms of the legitimacy of the vote, should sheikh hasina be concerned? has she expressed any concern? i think there is a lot of questions being raised about the legitimacy of this vote which is why there was so much effort being made by the hasina government to make sure there were no voting irregularities and that they went through, that these elections, the voting process went through as smoothly as possible. yes, there was some reporting of irregularities at polling stations, those were quickly dealt with. and yes, there were some incidents of violence, 14 polling stations were set ablaze, but they didn't have a

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to shun the poll.ce in a repressive environment. 0ur correspondent samira hussain has been monitoring events from the bangladeshi capital, dhaka. the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, is not contesting the elections. not only have they said that they are boycotting the elections but they also called for a two—day strike, which is already under way. and i realise that it looks quite busy behind me but if you can imagine just 2a hours ago, this was just wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually usually a lot more busy. even as we were walking around on the streets, we saw that there are quite a few shops that were closed. with some of course abiding by this call for a strike, with others just taking the opportunity to go back to their home districts since they are going to be voting. and then, of course, there is that sense of worry in case something does happen ahead of these elections. samira hussain there. one of the all—time greats of brazilian football, mario zagallo, has died at th

the likely outcome because as you rightly pointed out, the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist partyeing unable to hold free and fair elections. so with really no strong opposition to oppose sheikh hasina and her awami league party, it seems there is little doubt she was going to cruise through to yet another victory. 50 through to yet another victory. so the bnp did not take part, they boycotted the elections, there has been violence in the run—up to today. in terms of the legitimacy of the vote, should sheikh hasina be concerned? has she expressed any concern? i concerned? has she expressed any concern? ~ , concerned? has she expressed any concern? ~' , ., ., ., concern? i think there is a lot of questions _ concern? i think there is a lot of questions being _ concern? i think there is a lot of questions being raised - concern? i think there is a lot of questions being raised about. concern? i think there is a lot of| questions being raised about the legitimacy of this vote which is why there are so much effort being made by the sheikh hasina government to make sure there were no v

bangladesh. a 119000000 people are registered to vote. i mean it's the shake i've seen is ruling party is one of the expect it to win a full time. the main office isn't in the bangladesh. nationalist party is boy talking about the b and b has a cold for a 48 hour general strike. it accuses the government of arbitrarily jailing its bibles competing a why me lead to nice the allegation. let's take you straight to dunk out with. so bad aspect is following this for us with tensions rising ahead of the boat. what can we expect this weekend? it's been uh right now in talk. i it's, it's almost the days over now it's evening and up the 1st day of the strike that has been like the days over. so we haven't seen much happening on the streets today, but what we have seen last night, or last couple of days, a few incidents of our spending, our senate tax on, on some bullying boots that close the country. and also yesterday there was one our send it back on a passenger train which killed 5 people and a golden sweat taken to the hospital. so in that sense, the situation is a little, it a little tense and we have seen less traffic as photo saturday in talk up, but um there, and we saw like, uh, t

the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, they boycotted the election, also, theirest, on separate charges. just how legitimate will this election, how legitimate will it be viewed by the international community, when you have observers already questioning the environment that the country was under? absolutely. i mean, they rightly pointed out, raised caution with respect to the environment. election is not a single day thing. what we have seen since october 28, that the bnp leaders have been arrested, they claim 21,000 plus of their activists and leaders have been arrested. we have seen more than 1,500 have been convicted. we have seen serious repression against the opposition, not only bnp, other political parties and as a matter—of—fact, almost 16 political parties including bnp is boycotting. leading to this, over the year, the situation we saw has been serious erosion of democratic institutions and democratic practises, human rights violation, extrajudicial killing and forced disappearances, all sorts of things that have taken bangladesh towards more autocracy,

the main opposition, bangladesh nationalist party, asked people to follow them in boycotting the polland international observers including the un said the election took place in a �*repressive environment�*. live now to the capital, dhaka, and our south asia correspondent samira hussain. she can bring us up to date with the latestment so the counting is still going on, right now, but we do know that the awami league party, led by the prime minister sheikh hasina has crossed that threshold of winning a clear majority, now, just how strong that majority, now, just how strong that majority is, is still being worked out, that said, this is an election that pretty much everyone knew what the result was going to be, before votes were cast, and that is because the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party were boycotting these elections so when you look in terms of with the choices that voters had when casting their ballot, it was either vote for their ballot, it was either vote for the awami league, or vote for the independent candidates and overwhelming majority of those inde

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the bangladesh nationalist party did not take part in the election questioning, prepared the ability of the valid under has the nice through, but the opposition bike or it has not to do the power from 5 minutes to i have my echo the ability to people to the people who are the people accepted or not, or that they have accepted this is that's what i left, that is important. the position being between the gulf when crippled dude campaign by incarcerating thousands of the members on put a degree, monty redid charges. it says several of its members were killed in an election campaign league advisors. but the ruling of, i'm in the accused, the b and b o 5. and the tax is going to undermine the government. have cases against me for austin and stuff like that. there's a systematic repression going on for last many years. do you have any tanks that it's on election? the you and the us have criticized the intrusion of democracy under has the nozzle . but reaching the ball was india. china and russia have developed strong business and security dies with testing us government and have desired le

the bangladesh nationalist party, the bnp decided to boycott the election because they don't think it is wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually a lot quieter because the bnp has asked for a two—day strike. they say because these are one—sided elections, their supporters should not go out to vote and should instead engage with a strike. a lot of shop are closed. he had been talking to people in the run—up to this. what have they been saying? run-up to this. what have they been sa in: ? , ., ., run-up to this. what have they been sa inc? ,., ., ., run-up to this. what have they been sa in? ., ., , saying? there is a lot of apathy when it comes _ saying? there is a lot of apathy when it comes to _ saying? there is a lot of apathy when it comes to this _ saying? there is a lot of apathy when it comes to this election. | saying? there is a lot of apathy i when it comes to this election. we spoke to some people, one person who used to own a business and is now an employee and said it would be a better election if there was some kind of opposition, if the main party was contested. but speaking

her husband, a well-known worker for the country's main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist partynp, he was arrested last year. and 26 days after his arrest, his son got a call that his father died in jail. >> three days earlier my son saw his father healthy. my daughter spoke to him. i spoke to him. i saw him. my son keeps saying, no, my father can't die like this. when he asked them how he died, they said we don't know, just come to the morgue and take him. correspondent: she said when she saw her husband, he had marks all over his body, hands and face. authorities told her he died of natural causes, but she believes he was tortured. her story was not in isolation, especially in the lead up to the elections. there has been a severe crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful protests. according to human rights watch, authorities here are engaged in mass arrests and using excessive force, torture, even extrajudicial killings. and who are the main targets? it is anyone that is critical of this current government. it is also the claim of the bnp, who say they have come under at

bangladesh nationalist party whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests, have called a general strike, urging the public not to participate in what it calls a sham election. the prime minister's a government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition. trackdown. boeing's bestselling model 737 max is once again under scrutne after inflight incidence. the us airline regulator has now ordered the grounding of over 170 max 9 series. the federal aviation administration said the planes must undergo immediate inspections before they can return to flight. that came after cabin panel blowout that forced the brand new model of the alaska airlines plane to make emergency landing. flight had reached 16,00 ft when it began its emergency descent. all 180 people on board landed safely. the max is the newest version of boeing's 737. two max-8 planes crashed in 2018 and 19 killing 346 people. it led to near two-year worldwide grounding of all max eight and max nine planes. new revelations about contacts with notorious american sex offender jeffrey epstein incriminate pro

the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, is not contesting the elections.o—day strike, which is already under way. i realise that it looks quite busy behind me but if you can imagine just 2a hours ago, this was just wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually usually a lot more busy. but even as we were walking around on the streets, we saw that there are quite a few shops that were closed. some of course abiding by this call for a strike, with others just taking the opportunity to go back to their home districts since they are going to be voting. and then of course, there is that sense of worry in case something does happen ahead of these elections. samira hussain reporting. goodbye for now. good afternoon. the drier, the sunnier weather has arrived for many, not for all. and of course, there are still numerous flood warnings in force. some of the rivers still seeing that rain making its way downstream. so there is still concern of further flooding. and that's the bbc website for more details on those flood warnings. but actually it's looking much drier from today

the main opposition, former prime minister khaleda zia of the bangladesh nationalist party, is boycottinger government to run the election. akbar hossain has more. sheikh hasina is now the longest—serving prime minister in south asia. for the last 15 years, her government has been widely criticized for human rights violations and undermining the democratic process. many people believe that a one—sided election will only worsen the country's economic and political situation because the west may not accept the results. there were widespread allegations of vote—rigging and fraud during the last two general elections. noor allam is a rickshaw puller in the northern district of rampur. he says he lost confidence in the electoral process. translation: they don't need our votes. _ they will win the elections anyway. it doesn't matter whether we go to polling centres or not. countries should fulfil their commitments. the united states, european union and britain are putting diplomatic pressure on bangladesh's government to hold a free, fair and credible election. but without participation from op

the main or position bangladesh nationalists party, branded the elections has shown to be in pe, help mass protest ahead of the election untold that support. as the boy called the votes, they insist that has seen his crux down on politically rivals. ensured the re election was a foregone conclusion. casino dismissed this criticism and defended her goals that the re elected leader. busy i have nothing to say those will be but never to my own release or the designs of all that stuff on the board coaches the election by the b and p was one of the reasons that vote to turn out was much lower than to the previous selection but the smaller number of people who did vote ended up tightening has seen his grip on power as we want to bring you some breaking news now, just coming in the german football legend front beckoned bower has died at the age of 78. he lifted the world cup trophy as captain in 1974 and repeated the feat as manager in 1990 a club level with fire, munich back and bower one the european cup winners cups. in 1967 and 3 consecutive european cups from 1974 to 1976. we'll have mo

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the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party is boycotting the election and has called on the public a repressive environment. today marks three years since a violent mob of donald trump's supporters breached the us capitol. after claiming for weeks, without evidence, that the election was rigged — mr trump rallied thousands of his supporters outside the white house, before encouraging them to march to the capitol. on that same day, congress was in session to certify joe biden�*s 2020 election win, but members were forced to temporarily evacuate after the mob breached the complex. three years on, americans continue to reflect on the violence that marred the nation's capitol. among them, hundreds of capitol and washington dc police officers. one of them, dc police officer michael fanone, almost died fighting back the rioters. he sat down with my colleague catriona perry. former washington police officer michael fanone, thanks very much for joining us on this day. this day, three years ago, you were very badly injured — you suffered a heart attack, a brain injury, how are you now? i me

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to boycott the election.d the poll is taking place in a repressive environment. to discuss it, i am joind now by associate professor of politics and public policy at the blavatnik school of government at the university of oxford — maya tudor. it seems the turnout was particularly low.- it seems the turnout was particularly low. the turnout is around 1496. — particularly low. the turnout is around 1496, down _ particularly low. the turnout is around 1496, down from - particularly low. the turnout is around 1496, down from the i particularly low. the turnout is - around 1496, down from the previous around 14%, down from the previous election which was upwards of 80%, so it's quite a slide in participation in this election. 50 participation in this election. so what do you read into that? people, or were they apathetic? what what do you read into that? people, or were they apathetic?— or were they apathetic? what was auoin on? or were they apathetic? what was going on? i _ or were they apathetic? what was going

the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, is not contesting the elections.alled for a two—day strike, which is already under way. i realise that it looks quite busy behind me but if you can imagine just 2a hours ago, this was just wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually usually a lot more busy today. even as we were walking around on the streets, you saw that there are quite a few shops that were closed. some of course abiding by this call for a strike, with others just taking the opportunity to go back to their home districts since they are going to be voting. and then of course, there is that sense of worry in case something does happen ahead of these elections. samira hussain reporting there from the bangladeshi capital. we will have plenty more from her tomorrow on those elections. that is all from me for now. goodbye. hello there. for many, it's been a much drier day today with some sunshine. but again, there are still around 200 flood warnings in force because all the rain that we've had is still making its way through the major river system. so for more d

now, the main opposition group, the bangladesh nationalist party — also known as the bnp — who boycotted a concerns over fairness and how the election would be conducted. now, the eu havejoined the uk and the us with concern over the legitimacy of the elections over the weekend. the uk foreign office said the lack of participation from all political parties meant the people of bangladesh did not have a full range of voting options, with the us state department adding they remain concerned by the arrest of thousands of political opposition members and by reports of irregularities on election day. the eu are just the latest to add to those concerns. we have of course heard from human rights groups in the run—up to this election. human rights watch mentioned arbitrary arrest of opposition opposition leaders and activists and their report, and they have, of course, expressed human rights concerns over the last few years and a clampdown on opposition voices in bangladesh. researchers say they've discovered that sperm whales live in human—like clans, with distinctive cultures and even dialects

her husband, a well—known worker for the country's main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist partys after his arrest, her son got a call that his father died injail. translation: just three days earlier, my son - saw his father haldi. my daughter spoke to him. i spoke to him. i saw him with mother—in—law. my son keeps saying, no, my father can't die like this. when he asked them how he died, they said, "we don't know. "just come to dhaka medical college morgue and take him." she said when she saw her husband, he had marks all over his body, hands and face. authorities told her he died of natural causes, but she believes he was tortured. her story is not in isolation, especially in the lead—up to the elections. there's been a severe crackdown on freedom of expression and peaceful protests. according to human rights watch, but authorities here are engaged in mass arrests and using excessive force, torture, even extrajudicial killings. and who are the main targets? well, it's anyone that is critical of this current government. it's also the claim of the bnp, who say they've come under

the main opposition party, the bangladesh nationalist party, is not contesting the elections.lready under way. i realise that it looks quite busy behind me but if you can imagine just 2a hours ago, this was just wall—to—wall traffic. it's actually usually a lot more busy. even as we were walking around on the streets, we saw that there are quite a few shops that were closed. some of course abiding by this call for a strike, with others just taking the opportunity to go back to their home districts since they are going to be voting. and then of course, there is that sense of worry in case something does happen ahead of these elections. samira hussain reporting. the us supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal by donald trump next month, which will decide whether he should be allowed to run again for the presidency. it will consider a judgement in colorado that mr trump's actions during the storming of the us capitol three years ago amounted to insurrection, which means he shouldn't be allowed to stand for the republican presidential nomination. the supreme court ruling is expe

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to shun the poll.nternational observers, including the un, have said the poll is taking place in a repressive environment. this was prime minister, sheikh hasina, voting a little earlier. the polls opened at 02:00 gmt — and close at 10:00 gmt. counting will start soon after the end of voting, with initial results expected by early monday. live now to the capital, dhaka, and our correspondent samira hussain. tell us where you are and what has been happening? just behind me as a polling — has been happening? just behind me as a polling station _ has been happening? just behind me as a polling station here, - me as a polling station here, voting under way for the last three hours, and if you look around you can see these black and white posters everywhere they are actually posters for they are actually posters for the candidate from the ruling party. there is an independent candidate that is also on this ballot but you cannot see any kinds of posters for that candidate, there is little to no representatio

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bangladesh, and the country's general election, that many critics say is one sided. prime minister sheikh hasina's ruling party is expected to win a full straight term. the main bangladesh nationalistycotting the polls as they asked for rez anythinany resignation. cnn's vedika sud is here. >> reporter: absolutely, in democracy, usually, you have the incumbent fighting against the main opposition party, a party. but in this case why this is different and, hence, controversial is because there is no main opposition party that is fighting against the government at this point. and sheikh hasina is all set to win a fourth term as prime minister of bangladesh. the government is all set to continue. and it will be the fifth for her in office and fourth consecutive term she could win. and the prime minister again taking over very soon. before i go ahead, there is an update from the bangladesh election commission's office. polling has just closed for the day. and counting in some of these polling booths has just been started. while we're not expecting the results to be out anytime soon. this will come out monday morning. so expect the final word to come out perhaps on monday. the main oppos

the main or position bangladesh and nationalists party, branded the elections has shown the bmt held mass protest ahead of the election and told supporters to boy the vote. they insist that has seen his crux down on political vitals ensured that heavy election was a foregone conclusion. seen to dismiss this criticism and defended her goals that the re elected lead to. busy i have nothing to say, those are the ones who have never to my own release or the designs, all that stuff on there. the boy coaches the election by the b and p was one of the reasons that vote to turn out was much lower than to the previous selection. but the smaller number of people who did vote and did a tightening has seen his grip on power and tear some other stories making news. and his really drowned strike in southern lebanon has reported the killed a senior commander of the hezbollah militants, group 11, a security sources say that was some el tubby was a member of hezbollah as a lead rod one for us and died in an attack on a vehicle in the southern village of care, but sounds in the border with israel. of

straight term in an election marred with controversy after bangladesh's main opposition party boycotted the elections. the opposition bangladesh nationalist party says as many as 20,000 of its members have been jailed in recent months in a nationwide crackdown. many are speculating whether she's trying to turn bangladesh into a one-party state. she is the daughter of the founding president of bangladesh. wayne lapierre, the longtime head of the national rifle association, has announced he is resigning ahead of opening arguments in a major corruption trial. new york attorney general letitia james sued lapierre and other top nra executives for using the group as a "personal piggy bank." the trial could result in the nra being dissolved. lapierre has led the nra since 1991. meanwhile, new york attorney general letitia james has asked a judge to issue a $370 million fine against donald trump, his two adult sons, and the trump organization for committing decades of financial fraud. in a new court filing, james also asked for trump to be barred from the new york real estate industry. in other legal news, the u.s. supreme court has agreed to hea

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party is boycotting the polls after the prime minister ignoredalls for her resignation. cnn's vedika sued joins us from new delhi for the latest. a very good day, vedika. bangladesh goes to the polls in what some have described as a controversial election. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: very controversial indeed. perhaps a lot like the last previous election, as well. but you know, at this point, there's little doubt that shea kasina will be winning a fourth consecutive election and a fifth in office overall. that's because of what you said at the top, which is the main opposition party in bangladesh, bnp, is not contesting this election. in fact, they've boycotted it. they've asked the people of bangladesh to boycott it. in the run-up to this big election in bangladesh which has been watched so closely by the west, there has been a lot of pre-poll violence, there have been crackdowns by the government on the main opposition party. you've had the main opposition party come out on the roads. they had demanded for shea kasina to step aside

party with whom she's vied for power for decades. as a terrorist organizational, this is the headquarters building of the main opposition, bangladesh and nationalist party. as you can see, it locks instructor that has seen since last october, when the police described it as a crime scene. it's hard to imagine a power like a republican party in the united states, or se for his labor party, completely shut down the dead by somehow putting everyone who could take a decision in to town. he told satan was foreign secretary under a neutral, can take a government in the mid to thousands. he says, all semblance of democratic order in bangladesh has broken down. it was sort of a one party just i just like to say, i think we are very closely one party state i have here. and you tell me that this woman is a be in the local lead, arrested and badly beaten by plain clothes police at a demonstration 2 months ago. the kid. but didn't need the button when they couldn't drag me into the waiting car. they hit me on my arms. one of them said, shoot her on the spot. another person said cut her tongue out. we don't need to kill her, or she lost a tooth, but go away wi

we're not some analysts say without the bangladesh, nationalist party and other opposition groups taking part. the election may not meet legal requirements. and many in the global community make question. it's credibility. somebody jobs re, i'll just get a duck you, as republicans have threatened to blow government funding of a migration crisis at the southern vote at which they blame on president joe biden . house speaking, mike johnson and 64 republican representatives visited officials at eagle pass in texas. the us as seen a subject, migraines crossing from mexico with numbers breaking records every month. honey to a counselor has more in this most in dc of the house republicans that might johnson lead they earlier last year passed a very strict proposal to make it much more difficult for asylum seekers to seek asylum in the us. now that bill has been pending and in the senate it has not been taken up. rather there's been a bi partisan effort to negotiate a deal there where you crane funding would be coupled with funding for the border. there still a lot of uncertainty where that leg

some analysts say without the bangladesh, nationalist party and other opposition groups taking part. the election may not meet legal requirements. and many in the global community make question. it's credibility to audrey. i'll just see the duck. yes, republicans have trusted to block government funding over a migration crisis at the southern border, which they blame on president joe biden. house become like johnson and 64 public and representatives visited officials in eagle pulse and texas. us to seen a surge of migrants crossing from mexico with numbers breaking backwards every month. well, so do you want my grants kidnapped in north east of mexico? last week was heading to the us border, have been rescued. they were abducted in a region considered amongst the most dangerous for kidnapping. next option. know about the reports from mexico, se, se is rescued from the clutches of would be human traffickers. in the mexican state of demo leave us mexican authorities confirmed the release of 31 migrants who were abducted while traveling toward mexico's border with the united states on d

the main opposition bangladesh and nationalist party, branded the elections has shown the bmt held mass protest ahead of the election, untold that support. as the boy called the vote, they insist that has seen his crux donald politically rivals ensured that heavy election was a foregone conclusion. casino dismissed this criticism and defended her goals that the re elected leader miss. busy i have nothing to say those never to my own release or the design. i view that stuff on the left. the boy coaches the election by the b and p was one of the reasons that vote to turn out was much lower than to the previous selection. but the smaller number of people who did vote ended up tightening his seeing his grip on power assigned to michael coleman. as the deputy director of the age of program at the wilson center in washington, d. c. i asked him if he agrees with the bangladesh government's assertion that the election was free and fair. i don't, um, by definition, it's very hard to have a fair election when the main opposition party does not participate. and you know, you look at who was partic

o'clock you did start and things of being far from peaceful in recent months, the opposition bangladesh nationalist party decided to boycott the process saying the vote would be read after a space to pre election violence in which thousands of its members were arrested and jailed. prime minister shakes, i've seen a system of a 4th consecutive to blame the opposition for the violence. i have to do that to home, to home at this party that there is no, i have my i phones ability to people to the people. so, you know, when told me to say that it is for the people to determine the credibility of this election by turning out to the fact that it doesn't seem as though they've done so in large numbers. and so even by the prime ministers, i didn't measure the an extra. sure. some said they were happy with the process. i could vote freely without restriction and i'm happy that i was able to. this woman appeared to confirm suggestions that some were being offered incentives to vote. they told me that if i think they would give me my disability benefits when the election is eva. this was the aftermath of a suspect t

the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has asked people to shun the poll. to the capital, dhaka, and our south asia correspondent samira hussain. initial indications seem to suggest a low turnout.— initial indications seem to suggest a low turnout. exactly. half an hour before the polls _ a low turnout. exactly. half an hour before the polls closed _ a low turnout. exactly. half an hour before the polls closed we - a low turnout. exactly. half an hour before the polls closed we heard i before the polls closed we heard from the election commission that about 27% of the electorate had come out to cast their ballot and since then the electoral commission has updated the numbers and reports that 40% have come out to vote meaning an additional i3% of voters came out in the last half hour and there are some questions about that and what we heard from the election observers here is that they did not witness any election tampering or reason to worry about the legitimacy of the elections and you have to recognise the context in which the elections are taking place.

on the glass and things of being far from peaceful in recent months, the opposition bangladesh and nationalist party decided to boycott the process, saying the vote would be rig after a space to pre election violence in which thousands of its members were arrested and jailed. prime minister shakes, i've seen a system of a 4th consecutive to blame the opposition for the violence. i have to do that to home, to home at various parties. that there is no. i have my echo the ability to people to the people. so you know, when told me to say that it is for the people to determine the credibility of this election by turning out to vague. but it doesn't seem as though they've done serving large numbers and so even by the prime ministers, i didn't measure the an extra. sure. some said they were happy with the process. i could vote freely without restriction and i'm happy that i was able to this woman appeared to confirm suggestions that some were being offered incentives to vote. they told me that if i think they would give me my disability benefits when the election is eva. this was the aftermath of a suspect