Polls set to open in Bangladesh election guaranteed to hand Sheikh Hasina a fifth term

Already decimated by mass arrests, opposition parties have boycotted the election, which will give victory to the ruling Awami League

Bangladesh votes on Sunday in an election guaranteed to give prime minister sheikh Hasina her fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties whose ranks have been decimated by mass arrests.

Hasina has presided over exceptional economic growth in a country once beset by grinding poverty, but her government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses and a ruthless opposition crackdown.