As polling began, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan highlighted the importance of elections in the country and expressed confidence in his party's victory in the election, with Sheikh Hasina becoming the PM for the fifth time.
"We are very excited and eagerly waiting for this moment. PM has just submitted her vote. The whole is coming to the centres and voting...We will win, I am 100 per cent confident. I will win and my PM will come back to power for the fifth time," he said.
In her message to India, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, ''We are very lucky...India is our trusted friend. During our Liberation War, they supported us...After 1975, when we lost our whole family...they gave us shelter. So our best wishes to the people of India."
"Our country is sovereign and independent...We have a big population. We have established people's democratic rights...I want to make sure that democracy should continue in this country and without democracy, you can't make any development. As we are a long-term democratic system from 200
Addressing a rally in Tungipara upazila of Gopalganj, Hasina said, "The goal of the conspirators is that there will be no election in our country; here they will bring a third party...What can the third party do? They can't do any development of the country. You had seen what they did in 200
Sheikh Hasina, also the President of the Awami League, said the BNP does not want the welfare of the people; it rather wants a regime of "looting, money laundering and plundering public money."
"BNP does not want an election; they want to create an unusual situation. BNP is a party of terrorists," PM Hasina declared during a press conference held at her official residence, Ganabhaban, to discuss the outcomes of her recent visit to Belgium.
One police personnel was killed and 40 people were injured after Bangladesh's principal opposition party, BNP, after a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and free and fair elections turned violent on Saturday.
India's winning run in the Cricket World Cup continued as they beat Bangladesh by seven wickets to secure their fourth successive win. Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were the biggest stars of this win.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday had a brief interaction with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the G20 Dinner at Bharat Mandapam in the national capital.