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In this image made from a video, firefighters and local people gather near smoldering buildings in Dhaka, Bangladesh Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019. A devastating fire has raced through buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital, causing casualties. (AP Photo)

The Latest: Fire in Bangladesh’s capital kills at least 69

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Sheikh Hasina Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Revisiting Bangladesh’s election

By Mohammad Ziauddin

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie addresses a press conference at Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority in Myanmar, are living in refugee camps in coastal Cox's Bazar after fleeing their villages following a military crackdown. (AP Photo)

Angelina Jolie urges Myanmar to end violence against Rohingya Muslims

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Yanghee Lee, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, holds a news conference after visiting Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo)

UN envoy: No prospect Rohingya refugees can go home soon

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

13 dead as truck crashes into workers’ huts in Bangladesh

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Indian police arrest 61 Rohingya Muslims this week

By WASBIR HUSSAIN and JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Supporters wave Awami League political party flags during a rally celebrating the party's overwhelming victory in last month's election in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh PM Hasina seeks people’s support at victory rally

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Maj. Gen.Nyi Nyi Tun, vice chairman of the Myanmar's military information committee, left, Maj. Gen. Soe Naing Oo, chairman of the Myanmar's military information committee, center, and Brig. Zaw Min Tun, secretary of the Myanmar's military information committee, attend a press conference at the Military Museum in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar army ordered to take offensive against Arakan Army

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An Indian security person patrols during an eleven hour general strike called by All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and North East Students' Organization (NESO) in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. India’s populous northeast saw a near-total shutdown Tuesday with sporadic incidents of violence as federal Home Minister Rajnath Singh introduced a bill in the lower house of Parliament to grant citizenship to non-Muslim migrants who may have fled to India in the wake of alleged persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India’s lower house passes citizenship bill despite protests

By WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 31, 2018, file photo, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina interacts with journalists in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hasina is set to begin a third straight term as Bangladesh's prime minister after a landslide election victory, but critics fear her coalition's dominance in Parliament leaves space for her to be more authoritarian. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

Global support lets Bangladesh PM withstand election worries

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina drinks water during an interaction with journalists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Bangladesh's ruling alliance won virtually every parliamentary seat in the country's general election, according to official results released Monday, giving Hasina a third straight term despite allegations of intimidation and the opposition disputing the outcome. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Hasina’s dominating win feared as enabling authoritarianism

By JULHAS ALAM and RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greets the gathering during an interaction with journalists in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Dec. 31, 2018. Bangladesh's ruling alliance won virtually every parliamentary seat in the country's general election, according to official results released Monday, giving Hasina a third straight term despite allegations of intimidation and the opposition disputing the outcome. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh prime minister, denies accusations of rigged vote

By Julhas Alam and Emily Schmall - Associated Press

Bangladeshi police personnel seal the voting material at a distribution center before being transported to polling stations on the eve of the general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. As Bangladeshis get set for Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

The Latest: Withdrawals, violence mar Bangladesh vote

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A man walks past a portrait of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the eve of general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018. As Bangladeshis get set for Sunday's parliamentary elections, there are fears that violence and intimidation could keep many away from the polls, including two opposition candidates who said police had barricaded them inside their homes. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

16 dead in Bangladeshi vote opposition calls “farcical’

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Bangladesh police's elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel patrol on motorcycles ahead of the general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is poised to win a record fourth term in Sunday's elections, drumming up support by promising a development bonanza as her critics question if the South Asian nation's tremendous economic success has come at the expense of its already fragile democracy. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Fears of intimidation, violence as Bangladesh set to vote

By JULHAS ALAM and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Bangladeshi women check their names in the voters list pasted on the wall outside a polling station ahead of the general elections in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. Bangladesh heads for the 11th National Parliamentary Election on Dec. 30, amid opposition allegations that thousands of its leaders and activists have been arrested to weaken them. But authorities say the arrests are not politically motivated and the opposition is trying to create chaos ahead of elections. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Promising growth, Bangladesh’s iron lady seeks re-election

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladesh opposition demands chief election official quit

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladesh deploys soldiers ahead of next Sunday’s elections

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

An employee at a photography institute checks his Facebook account in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Facebook is shutting down a series of fake news sites spreading false information about the Bangladesh opposition days before national elections, a top security official with the global social media platform said Thursday. (AP Photo)

Facebook shuts down fake Bangladesh news sites ahead of vote

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 1, 2018, file photo, members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) stand guard in front of the building once housed the Holey Artisan Bakery, on the second anniversary of the deadly hostage crisis at the upscale Dhaka restaurant in Bangladesh. A special tribunal began the trial of eight suspected Islamic militants on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in an attack on the restaurant in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed in 2016. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Trial begins in attack on Bangladesh cafe in which 22 died

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press