Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina won re-election for a fifth term Sunday, officials said, following a boycott led by an opposition party she branded a “terrorist organisation”.
Bangladesh’s Hasina wins re-election after polls without opposition
Previously:
Regime change operation underway in Bangladesh and why India should be alert (archived)
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Bangladesh: The government must stop killing protestors and silencing dissent (OMCT*)
National Endowment for Democracy, Oak Foundation, Open Society Foundations (George Soros), Open Society Justice Initiative, European Commission, United States of America,
Michael Kugelman (Wilson Center**): The U.S. Ups the Ante in Bangladesh
BAE Systems, Coca-Cola, BlackRock, Carnegie Corporation, Hewlett Foundation, ClimateWorks (Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg) Morgan Stanley, Northrop Grumman,
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