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.
Army personnel allegedly detained 21 journalists and staffers from Bangladesh Times in Dhaka’s Nikunja area last night.
Crude bombs were allegedly hurled at an election rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party candidate Ershad Ullah in Chattogram-8 constituency. The attack occurred during a rally near East Kadhurkhil High School grounds in Boalkhali Upazila on Monday evening. Five individuals threw improvised explosives before fleeing, with no injuries reported. Md Azizul Haque, joint convenor of Ershad’s […]
Bangladesh’s election watchdog is warning voters about a surge of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes ahead of Feb. 12 polls, after The Daily Star documented 97 synthetic posts on Facebook.
Indian lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return former Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina to Bangladesh during a campaign speech this week, sharply criticizing the government for what he described as political inconsistency in its messaging on migration.
The police detained two men on Sunday for what authorities described as suspicious movement near the Gulshan residence of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
