The promise of a fair election in Bangladesh — projected to be the first in fifteen years — is beginning to wear thin. After more than a year of dillydallying, Yunus finally got the Election Commission to announce polls for February 12. She said that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the other big party that has ruled Bangladesh for two full terms, should have stayed away from the February 12 polls. Senior BNP leaders like Mirza Abbas have already raised objections to these voter migrations, but to no avail. But Awami leaders at the grassroots see this as too little, too late.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2026 14:47 UTC