Bangladesh's new prime minister Tarique Rahman steps into his role as the leader of the country after elections last week handed his Bangladesh Nationalist Party a landslide victory. The 60-year-old ...

Rahman returned to Bangladesh in December after more than 17 years of self-exile in London. Going into the vote, Rahman was confident he could secure enough votes to govern alone. The Bangladesh ...

“We have got a tariff rate of 19% in the new trade deal with the U.S., which is good compared to our rivals like Cambodia and Indonesia but a clause in the deal has given us greater advantage as the U ...

Bangladesh will go to the polls for the first time since its government collapsed in 2024 during a bloody crackdown on protesters. More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in the country's ...

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus stepped down on Monday before handing over to an elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its leader Tarique Rahman. Bangladeshi voters ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is poised to recalibrate Dhaka’s ties with India, Pakistan and China, while also addressing US concerns over Beijing’s growing influence in South Asia, following ...

Bangladesh uses indelible ink to prevent multiple voting. The Bangladesh national election is underway, with citizens voting to elect members to the 300-seat Jatiya Sangsad. A total of 299 ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a majority victory in the country's first election since the Gen Z-driven uprising of 2024. The BNP won a two-thirds majority, enough to form the ...

Bangladesh’s prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman has appealed for unity in the country and dedicated his sweeping win to those who “sacrificed for democracy”, as his Bangladesh Nationalist Party ...

At the vanguard of Gen Z movements, protesters in Bangladesh ousted the prime minister in 2024. They now face the hard reality of winning change through elections. At a railway station in Dhaka, ...

Bangladesh’s Jamaat party conceded defeat in elections on Saturday (February 14, 2026), despite earlier alleging problems with the vote count, clearing the way for BNP leader Tarique Rahman to become ...

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