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 ...

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 ...

Vote counting is continuing in Bangladesh, and local media are reporting results based on provisional tallies announced by the top electoral official for districts, known as a returning officer. The ...

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Bangladesh Election Result 2026 Highlights: Steered by a leader back to the country after a 17-year exile, Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) raced towards a decisive win in the ...

Bangladesh General Election 2026 Results Live News: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Tarique Rahman waves as he comes out after casting his vote during the national parliamentary elections in ...

Muhammad Yunus returned from self-imposed exile in August 2024 Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus stepped down on Monday in a farewell broadcast to the nation before handing over to an elected ...

BNP coalition wins 209 seats in landslide victory Poor second Jamaat-e-Islami promises positive opposition Youth party NCP wins just 5 of 30 seats contested Former premier Hasina calls election a ...

Today’s elections in Bangladesh, the country’s first truly competitive electoral contest since 2008, will be a test of the democratic reforms that followed the student-led protests that ousted Sheikh ...

Bangladesh has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in as the country’s next leader, a gesture analysts say could help steady relations after months of ...

Ballot counting is under way in Bangladesh after polls closed in the country’s first election since student-led protests removed longtime leader Sheikh Hasina in 2024. Thursday’s contest pits the ...

This live has now ended. Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday (February 17, 2026), days after leading his party to a forceful victory in the crucial general ...