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Bangladesh votes in its first election since ousting of Hasina

In Bangladesh's election, one woman who rose to prominence fighting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government finds herself competing against a man she once risked her safety to defend.

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Diaa Hadid chiefly covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. She is based in NPR's bureau in Islamabad. There, Hadid and her team were awarded a Murrow in 2019 for hard news for their story on why abortion rates in Pakistan are among the highest in the world.

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