Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh democracy icon-turned-iron lady

Sheikh Hasina once helped rescue Bangladesh from military rule, but her time in power has seen the mass arrest of her political opponents and human rights sanctions against her security forces. The 76-year-old won a fifth term as prime minister after polls on Sunday, with the opposition boycotting a vote they say was neither free […]

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