Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh Polls: Sheikh Hasina wins 5th term as Prime Minister

The Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League scored a resounding victory in Sunday’s parliamentary polls, winning 222 out of 300 Parliamentary seats so far, enabling the veteran leader to return to form government for the fourth straight term. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said that the turnout for the 12th national Parliamentary polls was 41.8%. The … Read more

Sheikh Hasina: Sheikh Hasina re-elected for fifth term in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina secured a fourth straight term as expected with her party winning an absolute majority in the general election, the poll body said on Monday, amid low turnout in the vote boycotted by the main opposition. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), who participated in the 2018 polls but stayed … Read more

Bangladesh votes today; Hasina aims to return for 4th term

India’s key neighbour to the East – Bangladesh – will hold parliamentary elections on Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister and New Delhi’s close ally, Sheikh Hasina, looks to return to power for the fourth straight term amid boycott by the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. A total of 1,896 candidates are in the fray for the … Read more