The Supreme Court’s decision reinstating Bangladesh’s caretaker government system may prove consequential for the country’s electoral future. Yet the way the judgment was handled raises troubling questions about judicial practice and institutional discipline.
Law minister Mohammad Asaduzzaman declared today that anyone involved in institutional corruption faces imprisonment.
Tarique Rahman delivered this address to the nation on February 18, 2026. Full transcript is below: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Dear countrymen, Assalamu Alaikum. At the very beginning, I express my gratitude to Almighty Allah. At the cost of the lives of thousands of martyrs, we have been […]
Khalilur Rahman, a diplomat and economist and former United Nations official, has been appointed foreign minister in Bangladesh’s new cabinet led by Tarique Rahman.
Bangladesh’s interim government led by professor Muhammad Yunus was dissolved through a gazette notification from Cabinet Division, ending Advisory Council that governed during the transition following the ouster of disgraced prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Kolkata business owners said this week that the confirmed electoral victory of the BNP and Tarique Rahman in Bangladesh has raised expectations of renewed cross-border commerce, according to local Bangladeshi media.
Bangladesh held its parliamentary election on Thursday, resulting in a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The party’s chairman Tarique Rahman, who is set to become prime minister of the world’s eighth-most populous country, delivered the following victory speech, translated into English:
Unofficial results for 296 of 299 seats in Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliamentary Election show the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its alliance winning 212 seats, positioning the party to form the next government. Results were released by returning officers after Thursday night’s vote count. The 11-party alliance led by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami won 70 seats, while other […]
Bangladesh began counting votes Thursday night after what officials and witnesses described as the country’s first genuinely competitive national election in years and the first since the 2024 youth-led uprising that ended the long rule of Sheikh Hasina.
On February 9, just before Bangladesh’s general election, both the United States and Bangladesh are expected to sign a crucial pre-election trade deal that could reshape the country’s economy. The agreement, dubbed “Cotton-for-Garments,” offers US tariff-free access in exchange for reciprocal commitments from Bangladesh on intellectual property and digital trade standards.
