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Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters shout slogans during an election rally on the last day of the election campaign, in Dhaka. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh Elections 2026 complete guide: From voting date to key issues, everything to know about the country’s first post-Hasina poll

February 11, 2026 12:55 pm

The Bangladesh election 2026 will bring to a close an 18-month transition overseen by an interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

The ruling also casts a shadow on the Awami League, which Hasina led. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

With Hasina sentenced to death, what next for Bangladesh

November 21, 2025 9:54 pm

This week, Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to death on two counts by the country’s three-member International Crimes Tribunal. Here’s what the ruling means for the beleaguered leader and Bangladesh politics.

People climb the statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bijoy Sarani area, as they celebrate the resignation of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Sheikh Hasina’s trial needs neutral observers, not partisan judges

July 07, 2025 12:04 pm

Bangladesh’s ICT is an example of both right and wrong — it created a precedent for prosecuting genocide in South Asia, but it neglected due process. Sheikh Hasina is feeling its fallout now

Bangladesh’s caretaker government has woefully misunderstood its mandate

May 29, 2025 11:24 am

The work of a caretaker government is solely to administer the country till a legitimate government is elected by the people. The mistake Muhammad Yunus and the students made was in thinking that by changing its name to ‘interim government’, they could change its purpose

Ban on Awami League is a threat to democracy and political freedom in Bangladesh

May 19, 2025 1:22 pm

Bangladesh's future should be determined through free, fair, and meaningful elections, not executive decrees

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Awami League won't be allowed to contest Bangladesh polls: Yunus' adviser

January 25, 2025 8:26 pm

"The elections will be contested among pro-Bangladesh groups only,” declared Mahfuz Alam, a prominent leader of the Anti-Discrimination Movement, at a street rally in Chandpur district.

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Muhammad Yunus should leave, ask all to fight polls… only way out, India can help: Awami League leader

January 24, 2025 7:43 am

Azaduzzaman Khan Kamal: He has no authority to sit on the chair, he is not a leader, not a political figure. A very strange thing has happened to our country. Bangladesh has become a strange example.

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Awami League lost touch with people, students. But reformed, it deserves political space in Bangladesh

August 26, 2024 4:51 pm

Awami League has faced such a political downfall before. But it has never faced a crisis of moral authority of this magnitude. This party has to reorganise after this crisis but also make an effort to reestablish credibility, integrity and moral authority

The rise and fall of ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

August 09, 2024 4:54 pm

Sheikh Hasina’s journey—from the daughter of Bangladesh’s founding father to a formidable leader—spanned decades of political turbulence and personal loss. Her fall from power leaves the country at a crossroads, questioning the very ideals that once defined Bangladesh's path to independence.