Dhaka, Feb. 2 -- Managing disputes over the election results will be the most severe challenge for interim government chief Muhammad Yunus, International Crisis Group has said.

In a question-and-answer session published on the Crisis Group website, its analyst Thomas Kean said Yunus's administration has so far survived by maintaining consensus among the military and major political parties, but that balance could be thrown off once results are declared.

The assessment comes amid heightened international attention on Bangladesh's polls, being held just two years after the last general election that returned Sheikh Hasina's Awami League to power in a landslide.

The risk, Kean said, is heightened by weakened law enforcement capacity, risi...