US puts pressure on Bangladesh as opposition boycotts election

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to extend her 15-year rule in a boycotted election on Sunday. The question now is whether Western governments led by the United States will punish the country for its democratic backsliding and push it closer to China.

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