The prime minister has presided over breakneck economic growth, but her government has been accused of a ruthless opposition crackdown. Her party faced almost no rivals in the seats it contested, but it avoided fielding candidates in a few constituencies to avoid the legislature being branded a one-party institution.
Nobel winner Yunus convicted in Bangladesh labor law case
Yunus, 83, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty with his pioneering microfinance bank but has earned the enmity of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has accused him of "sucking blood" from the poor.
