A landmark election in Bangladesh ended years of disputed polls, and now the winners face pressure to tackle corruption and a battered economy.
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Bangladesh's incoming leader says he will work to build a more democratic country, overcoming challenges related to weak institutions.
Results mark a remarkable reversal of fortune for BNP chief who left country in 2008 and returned only two months ago.
The victorious Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters are jubilant, but analysts warn of challenges ahead.
Jamaat's surge reshaped the contest, but constituency arithmetic and network power determined the outcome.
Interim leader Muhammad Yunus congratulates Rahman for 'the landslide victory of his party'.
Tarique Rahman's decisive victory may redraw regional alignments after years of pro-India policy under ousted PM Hasina.
Tarique Rahman is set to be Bangladesh's next prime minister, 18 months after mass protests ousted its longest-serving leader.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party wins in a landslide two years after student-led revolt.
Bangladesh held the first national elections since a student revolution in the summer of 2024. Standing outside the Dhaka university, the epicenter of the student movement, New York Times correspondent Anupreeta Das explains what the recent elections ...