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This image is used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A year after it was banned, Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, won a major university poll in Bangladesh on Saturday (September 13, 2025). With this victory at the Jahangirnagar University located near the capital Dhaka, Shibir now has…
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s leader has warned that any deviation from planned elections would be “extremely dangerous”, as violent political rivalries deepen a year after the overthrow of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The warning comes after protests in the South Asian nation, which left a key leader…
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Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League would not be allowed to participate in elections, a key adviser of Muhammad Yunus’s interim government said on Saturday (January 25, 2025). “The elections will be contested among pro-Bangladesh groups only,” said Mahfuz Alam, a top leader of the Anti-Discrimination…
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Students from anti-discrimination movements and Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists attack an Awami League supporter in Dhaka, Bangladesh recently. File photo | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said that ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League may participate in elections unless the government or the judiciary issues a ban against…
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Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bangladesh’s national elections could be held between late 2025 and early 2026, depending on the extent of reforms implemented. If minimal reforms are undertaken to ensure an accurate voter list, elections could be possible by late 2025. However, if comprehensive reforms are…
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File picture of Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim leader has refused to give a time frame for elections following the ouster of his predecessor, saying in an interview published Tuesday (October 8, 2024) that reforms are needed before polls. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was appointed the…
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In this December 28, 2017, file photo, Bangladesh’s former PM and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Photo Credit: AP Bangladeshi doctors said on October 9 opposition leader Khaleda Zia was at “high risk” of dying without urgent medical intervention abroad after authorities rejected a…
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