"Those who are killing people, unleashing a rein of terror, destroying mosques and industries, damaging and disrupting rail and road communications, destroying public and private properties, attacking minorities and their place of worship, will have to face punishment," she said.
The Awami League will also ensure the completion of trials of those accused of atrocities during the 1971 Liberation War and implement punishment handed out by war crimes tribunals, she added.
Serious questions have been raised about the credibility of the polls as former premier Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and one of Hasina's former allies, Jatiya Party, are boycotting the polls.
The fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami party, a key ally of the BNP, has been disqualified from contesting polls by the Bangladesh High Court, which said it opposes secularism.
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"This (January 5 polls) is a farce, not an election, rather a shameless selection," Zia had said earlier.
Awami League's manifesto also promised a powerful anti-corruption commission, de-politicisation of law enforcement agencies and decentralisation of the administration.
Hasina pledged to to take necessary steps to increase GDP growth to 10 per cent from the current 6.2 per cent.
She said her party will build a "hunger and poverty free" Bangladesh by completing ongoing development projects and establishing rule of law.
The manifesto also promised to supply electricity to every home, bring the entire country under 4G telephony and construct a second bridge on the Jamuna and Padma rivers, the lifelines of the country.