The heir to one of Bangladesh’s main political dynasties is set to take power after the country’s first general election since a student-led revolution toppled longtime leader Sheikh Hasina in 2024.
Several local broadcasters reported early on Friday that Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party had crossed the threshold for a majority in Bangladesh’s 300-seat parliament, citing unofficial vote returns.
The results mean Rahman, whose parents led one of the country’s two main post-independence political factions, is set to become prime minister, after the BNP defeated a coalition of 11 mainly Islamist parties led by Jamaat-e-Islami.
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