Bangladeshi voters have endorsed sweeping democratic reforms in a national referendum, the Election Commission said on Friday (February 13, 2026), a key pillar of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad ...

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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 ...

The most dreaded part of Mainul Islam’s journey back to Saudi Arabia is passing through Dhaka International Airport. The 34-year-old construction worker’s journey to Dammam begins with a five-hour ...

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...