Boycott threat adds to pressure before B’desh poll
The leader of a multi-party alliance in Bangladesh said on Monday she would boycott elections next month unless reforms were carried out that ensured the poll would be free and fair. Addressing a crowd of about 100,000 people in Dhaka, Sheikh Hasina, head of the Awami League, vowed to keep piling pressure on the election commission and the interim government unless her demands were met. Full Story