Polls have closed after Bangladeshi voters lined up to cast their ballots for the country’s next prime minister. It’s the first election since an uprising saw the ousting of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina in 2024 after anti-government protests turned deadly. Security was tight at thousands of polling places around the country, with more than 127 million people eligible to vote. ABC correspondent Allyson Horn was in Dhaka with the latest.
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