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[ad_1] Amid growing calls for investigation into poll-related irregularities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called on Pakistani authorities and political leaders to resolve the issues related to last week’s election through established legal procedures and to avoid any action that raised tensions. The February 8 elections were marred by allegations …

[ad_1] Sheikh Hasina has secured her fifth term as Bangladeshi prime minister in an election whose outcome was decided the moment its schedule was announced in early November when the main opposition boycotted the poll. The primary opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which did not vote in 2014 but did …