Julhas Alam, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks to the media persons after casting her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018. Voting began Sunday in Bangladesh's contentious parliamentary elections, seen as a referendum on what critics call Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's increasingly authoritarian rule. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Election held as iron-lady PM seeks 3rd term

by Julhas Alam Associated Press, and Emily Schmall Associated PressDecember 30, 2018

DHAKA, Bangladesh — An election official says Bangladesh’s ruling alliance led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won Sunday’s election with 288 seats giving it enough to form the government.Election Commission Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed finished…