Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka on December 31, 2018. – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured a fourth term with a landslide victory in polls the opposition slammed as “farcical” over claims of vote-rigging, and clashes between rival supporters that killed at least 17 people. Hasina’s ruling Awami League party and its allies won 288 seats in the 300-seat parliament, with the main opposition securing only six seats, Election Commission secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed said. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ruling party and its allies won a landslide victory in the vote on Sunday but the main opposition, which won only six seats in the 300-seat parliament, slammed the polls as rigged.
“The United Nations is aware of violent incidents and reports of irregularities in the Bangladesh general elections,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
“We call on all…
