Bangladesh will go to the polls for the first time since its government collapsed in 2024 during a bloody crackdown on protesters. More than 127 million people are eligible to vote in the country's ...

Vote counting is continuing in Bangladesh, and local media are reporting results based on provisional tallies announced by the top electoral official for districts, known as a returning officer. The ...

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Jailed then exiled in London, Rahman returns home as the main contender to be next prime minister of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman, who after 17 years in exile is the main contender to be the next prime ...

Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has declared victory after scoring a two-thirds majority, official results are still awaited. BNP and allies has won 155 seats, while Jamaat & ...

1:13What do we know about Bangladesh's next prime minister? 00:01:13, play videoWhat do we know about Bangladesh's next prime minister? 0:21Bangladeshi people tell the BBC their hopes for the future.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won a majority of more than two-thirds of seats in parliament in a landmark election This is a huge change of fortunes for BNP leader Tarique Rahman who ...