Shopkeepers wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in Dhaka on November 19, 2023, amid the ongoing nationwide strike called by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists. Bangladesh will hold a general election on January 7, the country's chief election commissioner said on November 19, a vote opposition parties have threatened to boycott fearing that it will be rigged. (Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP)