Bangladesh paid respect on Thursday to intellectuals and professionals killed during the 1971 independence war but the country remained focused on present-day political strife ahead of elections next month.
The Election Commission said on Thursday it had extended the deadline for updating the voters' list by three days to December 18, partly fulfilling demands by a multiparty alliance led by Sheikh Hasina which also sought removal of "dishonest" poll officials.
The alliance alleged the current electoral roll included 14 million "fake" voters. The Washington-based National Democratic Institute for International Affairs said some 12.2 million names had been entered on the list by error or in duplication. Thousands gathered on Thursday to remember hundreds of teachers, doctors, engineers and artists gunned down or bayoneted to death in 1971.
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