The young leader of the protest-born National Citizen Party has teamed up with Jamaat-e-Islami to contest elections.

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.

By Tora Agarwala DHAKA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Shafiqur Rahman has long been on the margins of Bangladeshi politics, but his ...

Tarique Rahman, the scion of a political dynasty, is set to become the prime minister. This was the first election in Bangladesh since student-led protests toppled the last government in 2024.

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory in the country’s first election since the 2024 uprising, positioning itself to form the next government and potentially reshape Bangladesh’s ...

An Islamist party has become Bangladesh's main opposition for the first time in the country's history, challenging the old ...

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The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that Islam ...

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“We Japanese were previously unfamiliar with Muslims,” said Hirofumi Okai, an associate professor of sociology at Kyoto Sangyo University who studies Islamic culture. “Now that they are our neighbors, ...

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