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30/12/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Heavy Security as Bangladeshis Vote

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks a consecutive third term

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks a consecutive third term.

Bangladeshis are voting in a general election as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her third consecutive term in office. Security forces are on high alert, with some 600,000 security personnel deployed across the nation.

Also in the programme: The Bible and humour. 

Julian Worricker is joined in the studio by artist Aowen Jin and writer Michael Carlson. 

(Image: An election official cross-checks the identity of a voter with a list at a polling station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 30th December 2018. Credit: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images)

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