Bangladesh has got a new government under Tarique Rahman, who returned to the country after a 17-year-exile. A top Dhaka lawyer and rights activist tells Firstpost what the election was like, and what ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its partners won 212 seats in the 350-member Parliament while an 11-party alliance led by the Jamaat-e-Islami party, the country's largest Islamist party, won 77 ...

The country's new government has promised to prioritise primary care and public health spending after years of neglect. Samaan Lateef reports.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman was sworn into office on Tuesday to lead the first elected government since a deadly 2024 uprising, facing a daunting list of challenges. After Rahman was ...

Bangladesh’s new prime minister to be sworn in after historic election win - Muhammad Yunus led South Asian country for 18 ...

Dhaka’s real challenge is to convert political change into economic credibility amid mounting external shocks.

Any renewed shocks – inflation, power shortages, job losses  or currency instability – will have immediate political consequences.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’ s new prime minister was sworn in on Tuesday after his party’s landslide win in parliamentary elections last week, the country’s first since the massive 2024 ...