US EditionAs Bangladesh Nears Feb 12 Vote, What Happens to the Awami League Voters?
BNP leads with 52.8% support following Tarique Rahman's return and Khaleda Zia's death; women comprise less than 4% of candidates in a male-dominated election.
- On February 12, Bangladesh will hold a general election to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad, the first since Sheikh Hasina was ousted in 2024.
- After a student-led uprising forced Hasina out, an interim government under Muhammad Yunus took power; the United Nations reported 1,400 people died during the July Uprising protests.
- A January poll shows a competitive three-way race among the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the NCP, with BNP polling 52.8 percent in January 30 survey.
- Women face minimal representation on February 12 ballots, with rights groups warning the uprising did not deliver change, as `Historically, women's participation has always been low in our country, but there was an expectation for change after the uprising, which never happened,' said Mahrukh Mohiuddin.
- Tarique Rahman's December 25 return mobilised mass crowds and shifted momentum toward the BNP, while diplomats treated him as de facto prime minister above Muhammad Yunus, raising regional diplomatic stakes.
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Pushed to margins, women vanish from Bangladesh's political arena
For more than three decades, Bangladesh was one of the few countries in the world to be led by women, yet there are almost none on the February 12 ballots.
Bangladesh Election: How different political outcomes could reshape New Delhi-Dhaka ties
Bangladesh is set to hold a general election on February 12 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament). This will be the first national vote since the long-standing government of Sheikh Hasina was ousted in 2024 amid widespread protests. The interim government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, assumed power in August 2024 after a student-led uprising forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down and escape to Ind…
As Bangladesh nears Feb 12 vote, what happens to the Awami League voters?
With the Awami League barred, Sheikh Hasina in exile and a caretaker government in charge, Bangladesh’s election is forcing millions of traditional voters to reconsider their political loyalties — or stay home
Bangladesh in Search of a Leader
Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest powerhouse of textiles after China, is poised to elect a new leader in the parliamentary elections slated for February 12. The country has been without an elected government since the ouster of Prime Minister Hasina Wajid in August 2024. Hasina was toppled in weeks-long public protests in which, according to the United Nations, security forces killed 1,400 people. The protests known as the July Uprising wer…
Bangladesh politics, once dominated by two women for decades, witnesses a vacuum
New Delhi, Feb 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh, despite its laggardness on social, economic and other multiple fronts, had one distinct character for many years -- two women leaders remained the key pivot of its political landscape. As the South Asian nation heads towards elections, the first after the bloody and violent uprising of 2024, a strange vacuum occupies its political sphere as both the women stalwarts, rather former Prime Ministers are …
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