Top leaders, interim chief Yunus cast ballots in Bangladesh's crucial polls

DHAKA: (Feb 12) The top leaders of Bangladesh's two major contending parties, as well as interim chief Muhammad Yunus, cast their ballots early on Thursday as voting began in the country's 13th parliamentary elections.

The general elections are being held simultaneously along with a referendum on a complex 84-point reform package introduced by Yunus.

The contest is mainly between the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its once ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, in the absence of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's now-disbanded Awami League.