DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina won a fifth term as Bangladesh's prime minister on Sunday, officials said, following an election boycott led by an opposition party she branded as a "terrorist organization." Hasina's ruling Awami League "has won the election," an Election Commission spokesman told Agence France-Presse (AFP) in the early hours of Monday morning after a vote that initial reports suggested had a meager turnout of some 40 percent.

Source: Manila Times January 08, 2024 16:23 UTC