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1959 Abbasuddin Ahmed (1901-1959), folk singer, died. Google | Abbasuddin Ahmed Timeline | 2008 Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed's Awami League-led alliance won a landslide victory in the ninth general elections held under a caretaker Government after nearly two years of emergency rule. The Election Commission in Dhaka said the alliance bagged 258 seats while former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led four-party grouping bagged only 38 seats, in the 300-seat Parliament for which elections were held on December 29, 2008. Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline | 2008 KM Subhan, Former Supreme Court judge, died in Dhaka. Google | KM Subhan Timeline | 2018 General elections were held in Bangladesh. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. The election were marred by violence and claims of vote rigging. Google | Elections in Bangladesh Timeline |