...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums..
seeks a record fourth term.
A ruling Awami League party supporter was killed by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) followers, police said, while the BNP claimed 19 more of its activists were tossed into the calaboose ahead of Sunday's election.
The official campaign ended ended at 8am Bangladesh time on Friday after seven weeks of widespread street festivities and accusations of an official crackdown on the opposition.
An opinion poll indicated Hasina is favourite to win despite the controversy.
Police said the Awami League supporter was beaten to death in the northeastern city of Sylhet late on Thursday.
They had reported two earlier deaths of Awami League activists since the campaign opened on November 8. The BNP says eight of its supporters have been killed in election festivities.