Azadeh Moshiri

She was sentenced to death in absentia in Bangladesh.

India so far has refused to respond to those requests.

And so it's a real tightrope for Terry Grahman as he becomes the next prime minister.

But given those strong links between the two countries, for a leader who does want to help its economy recover, that relationship will be crucial.

Thanks so much, Nick.

There are several main parties that are contesting here.

One of them is the Bangladesh Nationalist Party or the BNP.

I'm actually at a polling booth in Dhaka where Tariq Rahman, the leader of the BNP, is expected to turn up and vote here, perhaps even say a few words.

So

There are a lot of BNP supporters around me with red and green caps, and there's also a lot of media as well as security forces, evidence that the interim government is trying to make sure that the day goes by smoothly.

The BNP, having been in government before, they are an older, established party, as is Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party that is also contesting the elections today.

Both of these parties, while being older established parties, have faced politically motivated arrests in the past, have had a very difficult time during Sheikh Hasina's rule, with the BNP in fact boycotting the last elections because of that.

Right now there's a lot of excitement and a lot of optimism from the people at this particular polling booth.

But that feeling that they have...

is very different to what other parts of the country feel.

We've been to areas that are Awami League strongholds, where supporters of the party of the former government are based.

That's a good point, because not only are people voting for a new government, there is also a referendum on the July national charter constitutional amendment that would, if voted yes, put through various reforms.

And those are ones that are designed to essentially put in place reforms.

different checks and balances in Bangladesh.

Remember, this is a country that has just emerged from years of authoritarian rule.