Polling stations opened across Bangladesh for the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, despite the main opposition party boycotting it. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) of former prime minister Khaleda Zia and its right-wing allies are boycotting the election, fearing that the polls will be rigged. They have demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the installation of a non-party caretaker administration to ensure the election is credible. The BNP called a nationwide general strike for the weekend, calling for people not to go to the polling stations. Chief ele…