DHAKA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bangladesh will vote on February 12 to elect a new parliament, the country’s Election Commission said on Thursday, its first national election since a deadly student-led uprising forced then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee to India last year.
An interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has governed the Muslim-majority country of 173 million people since, but has been grappling with rising discontent over delays in promised reforms, fuelling fresh protests and political division.
(Reporting by Ruma Paul, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh)
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