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Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday dismissed opposition criticism of the country's general election as "illegitimate" as she celebrated securing her fifth term in power. "The election was free and fair" she told reporters, in her first comments since the vote on Sunday, insisting that "those who want to criticise can criticise". SOUNDBITE
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina casts her ballot in an election guaranteed to give her a fifth term in office, after a boycott by opposition parties. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the prime minister's office. The United States and China are competing for influence in the wider Indo-Pacific region, and Macron has pushed France as offering an alternative. IMAGES
Police clashed with protesters in a Dhaka hospital as they barricaded the ambulance carrying Sayedee's corpse demanding a funeral prayer in the capital. Sayedee died Monday in a prison hospital ten years after his conviction by a controversial war crimes court triggered the deadliest political violence in the country's history. IMAGES
Bangladesh Prime Minister SHeikh Hasina receives a ceremonial welcome at India's presidential palace during her four-day visit to the country, where she was greeted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. IMAGES
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