Tag: Sheikh Hasina

DHAKA : Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won re-election for a fifth time, following an opposition boycott, with her party taking at least half of seats and counting ongoing, an election official said. “The ruling Awami League party has won more than 50 per cent seats,” an Election Commission spokesman said. However, election officials were still cou­nting votes on Sunday when the official declared her victor amid a boycott of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party that she branded a “terrorist organisation”. Ms Hasina’s government has been accused of rampant human rights abuses...