reporter: because there s little doubt at this point on election day that sheikh cassina will secure a fourth consecutive term as the prime minister of bangladesh, which would be the fifth in office for her. this is essentially because the bnb, the main opposition party, is boycotting the general election, and they ve asked the people of bangladesh to boycott it as well. there have been a lot of instances of violence in the lead-up to this election, laila. one of the reasons for that is that the main opposition party, along with critics in bangladesh and outside, have continuously and repeatedly alleged that there has been poll-rigging in the past, and that is their fear this time over as well. so much so, the main opposition party a couple of months back demanded sheikh cassina steps aside as prime minister and lets a caretaker government take charge of this national election, a demand that she had rejected. that led to massive protests on
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They ve changed that. they celebrate the christmas holiday on december 25th in line with the rest of the west. barbie nadeau, thank you so much. indian prime minister narendra modei is hailing his nation s latest achievement in space as an extraordinary feat. india s solar observatory has just reached its intended position, an orbit in outer space with a clear view of the sun. it launched in early september on a five-year mission. it s packed with instruments to study the sun, including how solar winds and flares affect the earth. the mission follows india s landmark mission to the moon last year, becoming the fourth country to make a soft landing of a probe on the lunar surface and the first to land closer to the lunar south pole than any other spacecraft. great stuff. the u.s. national weather