Tarique Rahman is poised to become prime minister after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led alliance secured a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliament elections.

Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.

After a life dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, Bangladesh's 85-year-old Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is set to end his biggest mission."Human beings are not born to suffer

After a slow start, crowds converged on polling stations in the capital, Dhaka, and elsewhere later in the day. By 2:00 p.m., over 47% voters had cast their ballots, the Election Commission said.

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, returned to sweep his party into government with a promise of change. Some have doubts.

Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh and one of the country's most important leaders during the Liberation War, was brutally killed inside Dhaka Central Jail on November 3, 1975.

Last month, Asif Nazrul had maintained that it was Bangladesh government's decision not to send the team to India for the T20 World Cup