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Bangladesh’s main opposition parties have announced they will boycott national elections scheduled for January 22, alleging the polls will not be fair. Speaking on behalf of an alliance of 14 opposition parties, Awami League leader Sheikh Hasina says President Iajuddin Ahmed is “illegally” holding the post of interim government chief. She says he wants to hold elections without a correct list of voters. “We cannot accept this unfair election,” she said. The...

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