Bangladesh’s Jamaat party conceded defeat in elections on Saturday (February 14, 2026), despite earlier alleging problems with the vote count, clearing the way for BNP leader Tarique Rahman to become ...

This live has now ended. Tarique Rahman was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday (February 17, 2026), days after leading his party to a forceful victory in the crucial general ...

India has praised the BNP's "decisive win" After a landslide victory in the national election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers have formally elected their chief, Tarique Rahman, as ...

Bangladesh's largest Islamist party conceded defeat in elections on Saturday, despite earlier alleging problems with the vote count, clearing the way for Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Tarique ...

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus stepped down on Monday before handing over to an elected government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its leader Tarique Rahman. Bangladeshi voters ...

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman Oath-Taking Highlights: Tarique Rahman and his cabinet ministers take the oath of office, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising. Rahman ...

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

Despite promises of initiatives to empower women, Bangladesh elected the fewest number of female MPs in 25 years. One of the few new female MPs told DW that female candidates are systemically ...

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At the vanguard of Gen Z movements, protesters in Bangladesh ousted the prime minister in 2024. They now face the hard reality of winning change through elections. At a railway station in Dhaka, ...

New Delhi: As the first reports came in of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s comfortable victory in the general election on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched outreach to Dhaka to rebuild ...

Bangladesh’s decades-long “battle of begums” era has ended, and a new power centre has emerged in Dhaka. With Sheikh Hasina in exile and Khaleda Zia no more, the country is witnessing a political ...