India should take the initiative as the big neighbour. India should do the outreach. Bangladesh has held a robust ...

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, is set to become the prime minister. This was the first election in ...

The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.

The Bangladeshi Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, claimed victory Friday in the first elections held since the ...

Bangladesh’s incoming leader says he will work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges related to weak ...

After languishing in opposition for 15 years, the party could reshape the South Asian country’s political landscape following ...

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has won the Dhaka‑17 constituency by a margin of 4,399 votes. Tarique secured 72,699 votes, ...

A landmark election in Bangladesh ended years of disputed polls, and now the winners face pressure to tackle corruption and a battered economy.

Bangladesh’s newly elected government will seek the extradition of former UK minister Tulip Siddiq to serve prison sentences ...

Since Bangladesh's independence in 1971, Jamaat had never won a parliamentary seat in Dhaka. Although the party contested multiple elections, including those in 1979, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001 and 2008, ...

Jamaat-backed candidate Colonel (retd) Abdul Baten has secured a lead of 2,666 votes over BNP candidate Aminul Haque in Dhaka-16 after counting results from all 137 centres, according to an informal ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in of Bangladesh's PM-elect Tarique Rahman, following the BNP's landslide victory. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will accompany Birla.