Bangladesh Elections 2026: Everything you need to know
Bangladesh’s February 12 elections sees record youth participation as BNP, Jamaat, and NCP compete after 2024 uprising.
Bangladesh's Tarique Rahman: From exile to edge of power
If opinion polls hold, Thursday's election would mark a remarkable reversal of fortune for Rahman who left the country in 2008 after his release from detention under a military‑backed caretaker set up
Islamist leader rises from obscurity to challenge for Bangladesh's top job
A Jamaat coalition is expected to put up a close fight against frontrunner, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. The country goes to polls on Feb 12 after Gen Z-led uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina in 2024
Bangladesh votes in world's first Gen Z-inspired election
Hasina’s Awami League is banned, but many young people who helped oust her government in a 2024 uprising say the upcoming vote will be Muslim-majority nation's first competitive election since 2009
In Hasina's hometown in Bangladesh, voters face an unfamiliar ballot
Hasina ruled for more than 15 straight years until 2024, with the opposition either boycotting elections or marginalised.
Bangladesh Islamist leader seeks power in post-uprising vote
Voters in the Muslim-majority nation will head to the polls on Thursday for the first time since a 2024 uprising toppled Sheikh Hasina, who in her 15 years as prime minister crushed Islamist movements
After toppling Hasina, young Bangladeshis turn back to old guard
“We dreamt of a country where all people, regardless of gender, race, or religion, would have equal opportunity. We expected policy changes and reforms, but it is far from what we dreamt of”
