A long-standing, unwritten equation has shaped Bangladesh’s parliamentary elections -- the party that secures a majority in the capital usually finds its path to forming the government. Since the mass ...

Around 40.9 percent of voters had cast their ballots in five constituencies of Dhaka by 2:00pm, according to the Dhaka Deputy Commissioner (DC) office. The constituencies are Dhaka-1, Dhaka-2, Dhaka-3 ...

Early results from the Dhaka-8 constituency show BNP-nominated candidate Mirza Abbas, representing the Sheaf of Paddy symbol, leading over his rivals. The office of the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner ...

A total of 1,400 polling stations across 13 constituencies in Dhaka have been identified as high risk for the 13th National Parliamentary Election and the referendum. Additional members of law ...

Bangladesh is preparing for its first national parliamentary election since the removal of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, following massive student-led protests. Since then, the ...

BNP candidate SM Jahangir has won the Dhaka‑18 constituency, covering Uttara, Turag, Khilkhet, Dakshinkhan, Uttar Khan and the airport area, by a margin of 33,000 votes. Jahangir received 144,715 ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)’s landslide victory, coupled with its diplomatic overtures towards India, gives New Delhi an important strategic opening to reset ties with Dhaka, shed the ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has, as widely anticipated, pulled off a win in the first election held since a student-led uprising toppled the Sheikh Hasina government in August 2024, with ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has won the Dhaka‑17 constituency by a margin of 4,399 votes. Tarique secured 72,699 votes, according to results signed by the returning officer early Friday. His closest ...

The polls were necessitated by a student-led uprising that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, after which an interim government took charge to oversee the transition to a newly ...

In the unforgiving geometry of South Asian power, geography is destiny and memory is never inert. Few frontiers embody this truth more starkly than the 4,000-km arc binding India to Bangladesh.

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Standing in a long queue at a government school in the capital Dhaka, Hasan Hoque, a former teacher, laughs and chats with a group of men who just arrived to cast their ballots.