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Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus warned of attempts by “powerful forces from inside and outside the country” to disrupt upcoming general elections, following the disqualification of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League from contesting.

In her first media interviews since her ouster last August, Hasina, now in exile in India, said “millions of party supporters will boycott election” and called for “free, fair, and inclusive elections” to “restore democracy.”

The Awami League remains banned under the Yunus administration, with several of its leaders facing trial in absentia, while the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is seen as the frontrunner in the polls.

Bangladesh’s interim government chief, Muhammad Yunus, on Wednesday warned that “forces from

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