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From her exile in India, Bangladesh’s ousted leader Sheikh Hasina has slammed the country’s upcoming election after her party was barred from the polls, remarks that could deepen tensions ahead of the pivotal vote next month. Hasina, who was sentenced to death for her crackdown on a student uprising in 2024 that killed hundreds of…
Muhammad Yunus | Photo Credit: C.V. Subrahmanyam Bangladesh’s interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Thursday (January 15, 2026) approved a draft ordinance to indemnify from prosecution the protesters who led the demonstrations that toppled then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime on August 5, 2024. At a press briefing, Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said…
The Election Commission of Bangladesh has started the facilitation process with the help of international postal services that would allow voters to mail the ballots on time to be counted. File. | Photo Credit: AP For the first time in its independent history, Bangladesh will allow postal ballots in the upcoming election scheduled for February…
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Leaders of Bangladesh’s National Citizen Party (NCP). File | Photo Credit: Reuters. The student-led Bangladeshi party born out of the protest movement that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has forged an electoral alliance with Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of February’s parliamentary election, stirring internal rifts. Since last year’s uprising, the National Citizen Party (NCP) has…
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Acting chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman. | Photo Credit: AFP After staying away from Bangladesh for nearly 18 years, Tarique Rahman, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairperson announced that he will return home on December 25. Addressing his supporters at an event in London on Tuesday held to celebrate the liberation of Bangladesh…
Muhammad Yunus, interim Prime Minister of Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Two prominent student advisers of the interim government of Bangladesh – Mahfuj Alam and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan – tendered their resignations on Wednesday (December 10, 2025), ahead of the announcement of the election schedule in the country. Nahid Islam, another leading student…
Protesters during the August 2024 unrest that toppled the rule of Sheikh Hasina. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh announced on Wednesday (November 5, 2025) cash rewards to surrender machine guns, rifles and pistols looted during an uprising last year, hoping to collect hundreds of weapons ahead of key elections. An estimated 6,000 firearms were…
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Dhaka: Over 150 students were injured in Bangladesh during clashes at a university campus this week, a sign of serious discord between groups instrumental in fomenting the national revolution last year that led to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s downfall following 15-year rule. The clash between student outfits backing different political ideologies erupted at Khulna…
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Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last remaining corruption case against her, paving the way for the BNP Chairperson to contest elections. Along with Ms Zia, the top court also cleared charges against Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, and all other suspects in their appeal over…
Muhammad Yunus, head of Bangladesh’s interim government. | Photo Credit: AP The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday (December 28, 2024) said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus’ suggestion to set the minimum voting age at 17 would put pressure on the Election Commission and could delay the election process. Mr. Yunus, 84, who was sworn-in…
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