Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday secured a record fourth straight term as her Awami League party won two-thirds of the seats in the general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies.
Election Commission sources said the Awami League had won over 200 of the 261 seats where counting had taken place, while 50 Independents had secured victory and the Jatiya Party had bagged 11 seats
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Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won an overwhelming majority in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election, giving her party the Awami League a fourth consecutive term, the media reported, citing an election official.
After an election campaign fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), it is confirmed as per several media reports