The main opposition party is boycotting the vote, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina rejected their demand that she should resign and hand power to a neutral authority.
She is running for a fourth consecutive term.
At least 10 people have died in anti-government protests since October.
Al Jazeera’s Tanvir Chowdhury reports from the capital, Dhaka.
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