Prepare for fair polls, Hasina says after council
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on October 28, 2016 urges the party leaders to establish their close link with common masses to know their real problems and inform those to top level of the government so that steps can be taken for their solution. This BSS photo taken last week shows Hasina addressing triennial council of Bangladesh Awami League.
Re-elected president of Awami League and prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has asked her party men to prepare for an upcoming general election.
"The next general election must be unquestionable," she said in her speech after her re-election at the conclusion of Awami League's 20th council this afternoon.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. This was Sheikh Hasina's eighth time election to the chair of Awami League. But, as general secretary, Obaidul Quader replaced Syed Ashraful Islam for the next three years.
The five-year term of Sheikh Hasina's government will end in 2019. In that year, the next general election will be held. Currently, BNP is showing willingness to attend the polls.
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