Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by Rahman has won a historic majority in the first elections after the 2024 uprising.

Bangladesh is holding national elections for the first time since 2024, when a student movement ousted the prime minister.

It's been 18 months since violent, student-led protests brought down Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh's former autocratic leader. This week, the country heads to the polls, and members of Gen Z are feeling both excited and worried.

Jamaat-e-Islami returns to Bangladesh Parliament post-ban but falls short of dominance, keeping BNP as India’s key partner in Dhaka.

Senior BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy won the Dhaka-3 constituency. He became the only Hindu candidate to be elected to the new parliament amid a spate of sporadic violence against minorities over the past few months.

This is not just a routine change of guard. Close to 70% of voters also backed “yes” in a constitutional referendum, agreeing to a raft of changes from prime-ministerial term limits to the creation of a new upper house with powers to check the lower one. The package is designed to protect Bangladesh’s restored democracy.

Bangladesh election results: Bangladesh is conducting its 13th parliamentary elections, with vote counting still in progress. Although the Election Commission has yet to make a formal announcement, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is heading towards a decisive victory,