AMN / DHAKA
Bangladesh will go to polls Sunday to elect a new parliament. The incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who heads Awami League party, is seeking a record fourth term.
Over ten crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to elect 299-member Parliament. More than 1,800 candidates are in the fray. Security has been stepped up in the country ahead of the general elections.
Nine international organisations and groups including European Union, the Commonwealth, and SAARC Human Rights Foundation and a dozen foreign missions in Bangladesh are set to watch the election with their 188 observers.
The foreign missions accredited to observe election include embassies and high commissions of the US, the UK, Japan and France among others.
The foreign observers have reached Bangladesh from a range of countries including India, Australia, Canada and Malaysia. India has sent three observers at the invitation of Chief Election Commission of Bangladesh.