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Bangladeshi policemen check a man riding on a motorcycle during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Bangladeshi election officials check ballot papers and other election materials at a distribution center a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Bangladeshi security personnel carry ballot boxes and other election materials to polling centers a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

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Bangladeshi policemen, in uniform, and election officials stand inside a truck carrying ballot boxes and other election materials to polling centers a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Bangladeshi policemen stand guard as a man walks by on a street during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Bangladeshi policemen check passengers riding on a rickshaw during a nationwide 48-hour strike called by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a day before general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014. The run-up to Sunday's general election in Bangladesh has been marked by bloody street clashes and caustic political vendettas, and the vote threatens to plunge this South Asian country even deeper into crisis. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Bangladeshi woman puts her thumb print to receive a ballot paper before casting her vote at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Voting has started in Bangladesh for general elections Sunday that threaten to deepen the crisis in the South Asian nation. The opposition and its allies are boycotting the vote, a move that undermines the legitimacy of the election and makes it unlikely that the polls will stem a wave of political violence that killed at least 275 people in 2013. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Bangladeshi woman casts her vote, at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Police in Bangladesh fired at protesters and more than 100 polling stations were torched in Sunday’s general elections marred by violence and a boycott by the opposition, which dismissed the polls as a farce. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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A Bangladeshi woman enters into a covered corner of a room to cast her vote, at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Police in Bangladesh fired at protesters and more than 100 polling stations were torched in Sunday's general elections marred by violence and a boycott by the opposition, which dismissed the polls as a farce. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

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Bangladeshi women stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Police fired at protesters and more than 100 polling stations were torched in Sunday’s general elections marred by violence and a boycott by the opposition, which dismissed the polls as a farce. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)