Bangladesh PM Defends Re-Election Win

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says her re-election is legitimate despite the vote being boycotted by the main opposition party and the polls marred by violence and low turnout. Election officials said Monday that the ruling Awami League party won more than three quarters of the 300 elected parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote. The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party boycotted what it called a "farcical" election, so Awami candidates ran unopposed in more...

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