The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, is set to become the prime minister. This was the first election in Bangladesh since student-led protests toppled the last government in 2024.

Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a majority in Thursday’s election in the 350-member Parliament. An ...

A landmark election in Bangladesh ended years of disputed polls, and now the winners face pressure to tackle corruption and a battered economy.

The Bangladesh National Party (BNP) won a two-thirds majority on Friday in general elections following the ouster of former ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The Bangladesh Nationalist Party headed by the son of a former prime minister was projected to form ...

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.

In Bangladesh's election, one woman who rose to prominence fighting former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government finds herself competing against a man she once risked her safety to defend.

Labour MP convicted in absentia of influencing her aunt, the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to obtain prime plots of land illegally Samaan Lateef is an award-winning foreign correspondent based ...

New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus, the chief of the Bangladesh interim government, has made a shameful admission that will tarnish the country’s image. On Wednesday, Muhammad Yunus said that Bangladesh has ...

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