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Bangladesh Election 2026 Voting Live Updates: Voting tomorrow, 18-months after 2024 student uprising; BNP's Rahman seen as frontrunner

February 11, 2026 10:57 pm

Bangladesh General Election 2026 Voting Live Updates: The 60-year-old son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, who returned to Dhaka after 17 years of self-imposed exile, is widely seen as the front-runner in Thursday's poll.

The battle for Bangladesh: Can Tarique Rahman’s BNP defeat radical ideology?

February 09, 2026 3:25 pm

The BNP is a party of ordinary troubles. It is still plagued by racketeering cadres at the grassroots, political violence, infighting, and a hierarchy colored by provincial elites and nepotism. Tarique Rahman seems to have matured as a leader during his exile in the United Kingdom

Days before Bangladesh polls, writing on the wall: Posters of Khaleda Zia everywhere, none of Hasina

February 09, 2026 11:39 pm

At the heart of Bangladesh’s elections is a tale of two main political parties, one present and the other absent.

'I have a plan... a safe Bangladesh': BNP's Tarique Rahman in first public rally after returning home

December 26, 2025 6:08 am

Rahman landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the morning and later addressed supporters in the capital, calling for peace and stability amid political unrest following the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi

The medium and the message of the Dhaka University poll

September 17, 2025 3:15 pm

Through spectacles of triumph, the Jamaat delivers its own brand of political shock therapy, through which it can look bigger than it actually is

Awami League’s ban in Bangladesh represents the interim government’s authoritarian excess

May 16, 2025 6:05 pm

While Sheikh Hasina’s regime undeniably stifled democracy, the solution cannot be a scorched-earth policy that excludes the largest political party from the equation

Awami League ban: An inflexion point in Bangladesh’s politics

May 15, 2025 6:32 pm

With the exception of India, the ban has elicited no response from external powers. Muhammad Yunus seems to be enjoying support domestically and internationally

BNP rallies in Dhaka, demands reforms and new election under interim government

November 08, 2024 11:33 pm

The BNP has urged the Yunus-led administration to act swiftly, though it is willing to allow a reasonable timeframe for reform.

BNP Secretary-General asks India to extradite Sheikh Hasina to face trial

August 20, 2024 11:53 pm

Hasina, 76, resigned and fled to India on August 5 following massive protests by students and others against her government over a controversial quota system in government jobs.

India blundered by putting all eggs in one (Hasina) basket, needs to shift policy: BNP

August 18, 2024 9:05 am

Will be surprised if request made to India for ex-PM’s extradition, Yunus has the aura to tell Army to back off: Abdul Moyeen Khan

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