国际英语资讯:Bangladeshi opposition rejects major city polls, calls strike for Sunday
<p><span word="DHAKA">DHAKA</span>, <span word="Feb">Feb</span>. 1-- <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dawn">dawn</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="dusk">dusk</span> <span word="strike">strike</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Dhaka">Dhaka</span> <span word="rejecting">rejecting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="polls">polls</span>.</p><p><span word="At">At</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Dhaka">Dhaka</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="corporation">corporation</span> <span word="polls">polls</span>, <span word="ex">ex</span>-<span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Khaleda">Khaleda</span> <span word="Khaleda">Khaleda</span> <span word="Zia">Zia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="Nationalist">Nationalist</span> <span word="Party">Party</span> (<span word="BNP">BNP</span>) <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="General">General</span> <span word="Mirza">Mirza</span> <span word="Fakhrul">Fakhrul</span> <span word="Islam">Islam</span> <span word="Alamgir">Alamgir</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strike">strike</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="night">night</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="ever">ever</span> <span word="EVM">EVM</span> (<span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="voting">voting</span> <span word="machine">machine</span>)-<span word="only">only</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Dhaka">Dhaka</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="Corporation">Corporation</span> (<span word="DSCC">DSCC</span>) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Dhaka">Dhaka</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="Corporations">Corporations</span>, <span word="Chief">Chief</span> <span word="Election">Election</span> <span word="Commissioner">Commissioner</span> (<span word="CEC">CEC</span>) <span word="KM">KM</span> <span word="Nurul">Nurul</span> <span word="Huda">Huda</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="around">around</span> 30 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> 5.46 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="cast">cast</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="ballots">ballots</span>.</p><p><span word="Voting">Voting</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> 2,468 <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="at">at</span> 8 <span word="a">a</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="local">local</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="through">through</span> 4 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>.</p><p><span word="Around">Around</span> 1,000 <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="contested">contested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Sheikh">Sheikh</span> <span word="Hasina">Hasina</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="Awami">Awami</span> <span word="League">League</span> <span word="party">party</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="arch">arch</span> <span word="rival">rival</span> <span word="ex">ex</span>-<span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Khaleda">Khaleda</span> <span word="Zia">Zia</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="largest">largest</span> <span word="BNP">BNP</span> <span word="fielded">fielded</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span>.</p><p><span word="Of">Of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aspirants">aspirants</span>, 13 <span word="are">are</span> <span word="mayoral">mayoral</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="and">and</span> 980 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="vying">vying</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ward">ward</span> <span word="councillor">councillor</span> <span word="posts">posts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="corporations">corporations</span>.</p><p><span word="Official">Official</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="Election">Election</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="grand">grand</span> <span word="alliance">alliance</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Hasina">Hasina</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Awami">Awami</span> <span word="League">League</span> <span word="party">party</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mayoral">mayoral</span> <span word="positions">positions</span>.</p><p><span word="BNP">BNP</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="alleged">alleged</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="polling">polling</span> <span word="agents">agents</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="stations">stations</span>.</p>
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