Bangladesh readies for polls, worry among Hasina supporters

In Gopalganj, south of the capital Dhaka and a strong bastion of Hasina's iron-grip rule, residents are grappling with an election without the party that shaped their political lives for decades. "Sheikh Hasina may have done wrong -- she and her friends and allies -- but what did the millions of Awami League supporters do?" said tricycle delivery driver Mohammad Shahjahan Fakir, 68, adding that he would not vote. "Why won't the 'boat' symbol be there on the ballot paper?" he said, referring to AL's former election icon.