Police also want to question another journalist for reporting ‘false information’ about votingA Bangladeshi journalist was arrested and another was on the run after being accused of publishing “false information” about voting irregularities in an election won by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. “The actual votes cast were only 80% of the total votes,” Rahman told AFP, adding that Mollah was accused of “providing false information in an effort to make the election look questionable”. On Tuesday, the EU urged authorities in Bangladesh to investigate violence and obstacles to voting that it said had “tainted” the election. A State Department statement urged the country’s election commission to “work constructively with all sides to address claims of irregularities”. Opposition parties won only six seats and have demanded a new election under a neutral caretaker government.

Source: The Guardian January 02, 2019 15:13 UTC