Key Bangladesh party files case on alleged election rigging


DHAKA: Bangladesh's leading political party filed a case Sunday (June 22) against former election commissioners it accuses of rigging past polls to keep now-ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina (pic) in power.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said it had lodged a complaint against 19 people including Hasina, who fled in August following weeks of protest against her rule.

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