Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports on Bangladesh’s election, with concerns that women are not being represented at the ballot box

Bangladesh election sees 60% turnout after change of power, with BNP likely to form government and India ties under watch.

Measuring Bangladesh’s democratic health by the index of electoral fairness will not break the perennial five-year cycle of electing monarchs, for the people remain irrelevant in such calculations.

Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, in exile in India, refuses to apologize for the 2024 crackdown, calling her war crimes trial politically motivated.

Bangladesh's BNP party won a lot of seats in the parliament. This means a big change in the country's leaders. Learn what happened.

Bangladeshis, after long fifteen years of India-backed fascist Awami League Hasina regime, have finally got the chance to vote.

The referendum could, and should, facilitate constitutional changes to strengthen institutions, including a shift from a unicameral to a bicameral legislature, increased judicial independence and the introduction of new prime ministerial term limits.

Security concerns and sporadic violence overshadowed voting in Bangladesh, with turnout reaching 47.91% across 32,789 polling centres by 2 pm, according to Bangladesh’s Election Commission.

The country’s election commission has mandated that no serving interim government official is eligible for contesting the upcoming polls. Their exits come as the Election Commission prepares to unveil the polling timetable.

Hasina asserted that millions of her and Awami League’s supporters are expected to boycott the upcoming 2026 national polls after authorities barred the party from taking part.

Bangladesh’s 12 Feb 2026 election may reshape South Asian diplomacy, with Gen Z influence, rising Jamaat support, and potential Pakistan-Bangladesh ties

DHAKA, Dec 12 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s Election Commission, announced that, the country’s first-ever twin polls – the 13th National Parliamentary Election and a referendum – will be held on Feb 12 next year. The country’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin, made the announcement in a pre-recorded televised address last night. The CEC said, nominations are to be filed by Dec 29, which will be scrutinised from Dec 30 to Jan 4. The chief adviser’s office of the Bangladeshi interim government announced in Oct that, the commission could announce the election date by the first week of Dec. The […]