Youth dies after alleged beating at South Garia drug rehab, family vandalizes centre in protest
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, leader of the Awami League, has secured her re-election in the Gopalganj-3 constituency, clinching a sweeping triumph in the general elections. The electoral process, however, faced challenges with intermittent violence and the conspicuous absence of the primary opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
PM Sheikh Hasina won a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance in this general election.
The BNP, which also boycotted the 2014 poll but took part in 2018, has asked people to shun the poll and called a two-day strike nationwide from Saturday.
Bangladesh on Sunday began voting in the 12th general elections at 8 am local time and continued till 4 pm.