DHAKA: Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first parliamentary elections since a 2024 uprising ended Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year iron-fisted rule — and also holds a landmark referendum for sweeping democratic reforms. The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, the 85?year?old Nobel Peace Prize winner, says the reform charter is designed to prevent a return to autocratic one-party rule.

DHAKA: As Bangladesh prepares to hold its first elections since the 2024 ouster of Sheikh Hasina, its longest-serving prime minister, the outcome will define Dhaka’s relations…

DHAKA: For years under former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s opposition had little presence on the streets during elections, either boycotting polls or being sidelined…