Riding high for the ballot – Bangladeshis crowd trains, cling to carriage roofs for landmark vote

Thousands of citizens streamed into Dhaka’s Kamalapur railway station on Wednesday, heading back to their villages ahead of Thursday’s 13th National Parliament Election and Referendum. It will be the first national poll since the ousting of Sheikh Hasina, ending a 15-year era and opening the door to what many hope will be a return to … Continue reading Riding high for the ballot – Bangladeshis crowd trains, cling to carriage roofs for landmark vote