The Latest Breaking News from Dhaka

The 76-year-old wins fourth straight term in controversial election boycotted by opposition and marked by low turnout.

Questions raised over official turnout of 40 percent after opposition boycott call and reports of empty polling centres.

Initial signs suggest a low turnout in controversial poll guaranteed to give a fourth straight term to PM Sheikh Hasina.

Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to seize a fourth term.

Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested seven opposition party members blamed for an alleged pre-election arson attack on a packed commuter train that killed four people and injured another eight.

Bangladesh’s main opposition party has started Saturday a 48-hour general strike as the South Asian nation is gearing up to hold its next general election

The nation of 170 million people votes on Sunday in elections that the main opposition has boycotted.

Since independence in 1971, only a handful of the country’s elections have been considered ‘free and fair’.

Amid opposition boycott, ruling party accused of fielding ‘dummies’ and threatening people to show up on voting day.

The elections in Bangladesh are all about one person: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

With Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poised for the upcoming election in Bangladesh, there are speculations about a new diplomatic team that may take charge if she is re-elected which looks highly likely in the current circumstances. During the recent years Ms. Hasina has engaged all the regional and global development…