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Bangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins landslide in disputed voteBangladesh election: PM Sheikh Hasina wins landslide in disputed vote
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has secured her third consecutive term with a landslide victory, Bangladesh's Election Commission said on Monday.

Her ruling party and its allies have won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats contested, surpassing its previous election wins.

The opposition has

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'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning'Dangerous orange pill' prompts Australia festival warning
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Australia's Falls Festival has sent text message warnings to its attendees

Music festival-goers across Australia have been warned about a "dangerous orange pill", after a young man died of a suspected drug overdose.

Joshua Tam, 22, became ill at the Lost Paradise festival

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Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe nowBangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now

The safety of Bangladesh's garment factories is again in the spotlight five years after the worst industrial accident in the country's history.

More than 1,100 people died and thousands more were injured when the Rana Plaza building complex in the capital, Dhaka, collapsed in 2013.

It exposed poor safety standards and regulation, and raised

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Why legalising gay sex in India is not a Western ideaWhy legalising gay sex in India is not a Western idea
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption India's Supreme Court made gay sex legal in September 2018

The decriminalisation of gay sex was arguably the biggest news story of 2018 in India.

So, it wasn't surprising when it became a hotly debated topic at one of the year-end parties I recently attended in Delhi.

The

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Australia v India: Tourists win by 137 runs in Melbourne to take 2-1 lead into final TestAustralia v India: Tourists win by 137 runs in Melbourne to take 2-1 lead into final Test
The final two wickets fell in the space of seven balls
Third Test, Melbourne (day five)
India 443-7 dec (Pujara 106) - 106-8 dec (Cummins 6-27)
Australia 151 (Bumrah 6-33) - 261 (Cummins 63, Bumrah 3-53)
India won by 137 runs; lead series 2-1
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India saw off Australia by 137 runs in the third Test in Melbourne to take a 2-1 lead in the

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Bangladesh election: Voting disrupted by violenceBangladesh election: Voting disrupted by violence
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