night. plus wrapping for democracy in thailand we look back at one of our favorite the words of the past year. i'm calling to ask then thanks for joining us we start in bangladesh where prime minister sheikh is racing towards a landslide win in the country's parliamentary election but the opposition is calling foul dozens of opposition candidates hold out of the races amid allegations of vote tampering and intimidation and the leader of the opposition alliance has rejected the results violence has also marred the voting. it's an election that has been tainted by violence and vote rigging allegations ahead of the. authorities