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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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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 delays national elections by a week to Dec. 30

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this Dec. 28, 2017 file photo, Bangladesh's former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh's Election Commission announced Thursday that the next national election will be held Dec. 23, despite the imprisonment of the main opposition leader. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh to hold elections Dec. 23 despite Zia’s arrest

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 3, 2016 file photo, Bangladeshi journalists cover proceedings outside a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh. An influential body of newspaper editors in Bangladesh has criticized the government for a new digital security law that they say will stifle constitutionally protected freedom of speech and curtail press freedom. The Editors' Council told a news conference on Saturday, oct. 13, 2018 in the nation's capital, Dhaka, that they were not pleased that the bill was made a law despite their objections. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladeshi newspaper editors protest digital security law

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

In this April 2, 2007 file photo, Bangladeshi police escort Tarique Rahman, to Dhaka Court, in Dhaka. A Bangladeshi tribunal has sentenced 19 people to death and 19 others to life in prison for a deadly attack at a political rally of then-opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The tribunal in Dhaka delivered a verdict Wednesday on nearly 50 cases stemming from the grenade attack 14 years ago that killed two dozen people and wounded hundreds. Two former Cabinet ministers were condemned to death. Jailed former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman received a life sentence. Eleven defendants were given six months to two years in prison. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman, File)

Bangladesh sentences 19 to death in political rally attack

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladesh’s ex-PM transferred from prison to hospital

Associated Press

A Bangladeshi man cries after his vehicle was set on fire by Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami activists following the execution of their party leader Abdul Quader Mollah in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. The execution of the opposition leader in Bangladesh sparked violent protests Friday as activists torched homes and businesses belonging to government supporters, leaving at least three people dead, in a fresh wave of bloodshed ahead of elections next month. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)

MOHAMMAD ZIAUDDIN: Bangladesh prime minister’s hard-won anti-extremism

By Mohammad Ziauddin