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Bangladesh promises free, fair polls after US warns of visa curbs

A voter gives her thumb imprint before proceeding to vote at a polling centre in Munshiganj district of Bangladesh [File: Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh will take steps to tackle and prevent unlawful practices or interference in its elections, authorities said, a day after the United States threatened curbs on citizens of the South Asian nation who undermine them.

Concern flared after accusations of vote rigging and targeting of the political opposition marred national elections in 2014 and 2018, charges denied by the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, whose Awami League party won both.

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