Sheikh Hasina's Landslide Win in Bangladesh Marred by Voter Suppression

On Sunday, about a dozen people stood patiently outside a small school courtyard in the historic old city of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. It was election day, but the gates were closed.
"Lunch break," a poll worker explained through a small window through the entrance of the Goyal Ghat Government Primary School, smiling politely. But by 3.10pm in the afternoon, the explanation had changed. "We've already started to count," a policeman said. The polls had been supposed to close at 4.

On Sunday, about a dozen people stood patiently outside a small school courtyard in the historic old city of Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital. It was election day, but the gates were closed. "Lunch break," a poll worker explained through a small window through the entrance of the Goyal Ghat Government Primary School, smiling politely. But by 3.10pm in the afternoon, the explanation had changed. "We've already started to count," a policeman said. The polls had been supposed to close at 4.