the power struggle between shaikh hasina and hunted as he has lasted for decades it all began with a coup against shaikh has seen his father in seventy one shaikh became the first president of bangladesh he tried to introduce a secular democracy but many people in the country were opposed in a military coup in one thousand nine hundred five he was killed along with much of his family shake his ciena and her sister were the only survivors. kind of busy largely benefited from the coup her husband zio iraq came to power in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven he founded the nationalist party and began a re islamisation of the country but he too was assassinated shortly after that. his widow took over leadership of the nationalist party. in one thousand nine hundred one how the disease became the country's first prime minister but in one thousand nine hundred six she was voted out of office sheikh hasina returned to power since then both camps have been in a battle for supremacy one party takes office the other makes accusations of corruption or fraud or they call for an election boyc

polls have just closed in bangladesh as parliamentary elections where prime minister shaikh hasina is expected to win a comfortable victory she has been praised for taking in hundreds of thousands of her head injury refugees fleeing neighboring me and ma the critics accuse her of attempting to solidify her power by silencing political opponents including tribal leaders the who is currently imprisoned on corruption charges the first projections of the results are expected in a couple of hours. i spoke to a correspondent. and i asked her about the reports of violence between opposition members and supporters of the ruling party there have been reports of deaths. reported that as many as nine people have been killed in different parts of but even speaking about it in different parts of bangor they should excuse me but even speaking about talk it is worth noting that while i'm out of the polling centers we nor just noticed that the opposition party polling nugent's would move to be absent even inside the polling booths where representatives from all the bodies are supposed to be a bit ahe