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DHAKA, Dec 19: About two dozen senior Bangladesh politicians in jail for corruption will be allowed to contest the country’s elections on Dec 29, election officials said on Friday.
The commission ordered the reprinting of over four million ballot papers following the decision by the Supreme Court to accommodate the candidates, who include former ministers in the governments of both Begum Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina.
More than 150 senior political figures have been detained or jailed on corruption charges in the last two years.—Reuters
