Troops deployed across Bangladesh on Wednesday amid fears of violence ahead of a national election that the main opposition party is boycotting.
Soldiers traveled in armored vehicles to temporary camps set up across the capital, Dhaka, to help the civil administration maintain peace and security.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is boycotting the election, set to take place on Sunday, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina refused to agree to their demands that she resign and cede power to a neutral authority to run the poll.
Hasina has repeatedly blamed the BNP for instigating anti-government protests that have rocked Dhaka since late October and killed at least 10 people. (Reuters)
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