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 ...

Bangladesh has delivered a decisive verdict, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sweeping the parliamentary election and positioning Tarique Rahman to become the next prime minister. For Nobel ...

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 ...

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents BNP’s media unit on Friday said it had secured enough seats in parliament to govern on its own. Final results have ...

Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) raced towards a decisive win in the crucial national election held on Thursday, setting the stage for Rahman, 60, to become Bangladesh's next ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, has won a two-thirds majority in the South Asian country’s historic elections – the first since the 2024 student-led uprising that ousted ...

Bangladesh’s referendum on the 84-point July National Charter saw 60.26 per cent turnout, with 4,80,74,429 “yes” and 2,25,65,627 “no” votes, alongside 13th parliamentary polls in 299 of 300 seats, ...

Over five decades after Bangladesh rose from the ashes of war in 1971, the country is once again standing at what many believe is a turning point in its history. As millions headed to polling stations ...

After years of authoritarian rule, there is hope that this election in Bangladesh will put the country on a path to democracy. It is the first time people will be able to have their say since a mass ...

In the absence of the banned Awami League, the election is expected to see a tight bipolar contest between the BNP alliance and the other major bloc comprising 11 parties – including a curious mix of ...

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 ...

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 ...