Bangladesh Elections: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Islamist Jamaat‑e‑Islami were locked in a tight race, according to early trends, as counting continued after Bangladesh held a pivotal national election on Thursday. Counting began at 4:30 pm at most booths, immediately after polls closed, with clear trends expected around midnight and results likely to…
Bangladesh Elections: Bangladesh’s voting is a crucial parliamentary election that could reshape the country after years of political instability. The vote today is the first election since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted following violent protests in August 2024. Voting started in 299 of 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country at 7:30 AM (local…
Bangladesh Elections: Bangladesh is voting today in the country’s first Parliamentary election since a deadly 2024 uprising that marked the end of Sheikh Hasina’s fifteen-year tenure. Queues stretched outside polling stations in the capital, Dhaka, as voting in the hugely anticipated election opened in the South Asian nation of 170 million people, news agencies reported…
