In Bangladesh, the party of head of government Sheikh Hasina appears to have clearly won the parliamentary elections boycotted by the largest opposition party. According to preliminary results, Hasina's Awami League party won more than 50% of the 300 parliamentary seats, a representative of the election commission announced on Sunday night. In 208 constituencies for which results were available, the party won 152 seats. The vote on Sunday was overshadowed by various incidents of violence. Accord
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is all set to assume office for her fourth straight and fifth overall tenure as her ruling Awami League (AL) party made a clean sweep in a parliamentary election that was boycotted by the main opposition party. Hasina’s party won in more than two-thirds of the seats in Sunday’s election to the unicameral parliament of 300 lawmakers. Fifty other lawmakers in the seats reserved for women are elected by the MPs from regular seats once the new parliament gets
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister, has won a fourth consecutive term in power in a vote boycotted by the main opposition, election officials said on Monday.
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South Asia News: DHAKA: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's ruling Awami League Sunday decided to give 26 out of 300 parliamentary seats to the Jatiya Party (JAPA), in an ef.