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Bangladesh interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus greets supporters by raising his hands after casting his vote at the Gulshan Model School polling center in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on February 12, 2026.
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Bangladesh's Yunus announces resignation, end of interim govt

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus resigns as Bangladesh’s interim leader ahead of the swearing-in of a new government led by Tarique Rahman.

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17 February, 2026
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Bangladesh nationalists celebrate landslide win

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13 February, 2026
Bangladesh holds first post uprising election as BNP and Islamist coalition vie for power amid tight security and disinformation fears
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Bangladesh votes in landmark polls after deadly uprising

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12 February, 2026
India v Bangladesh: ICC U19 Men´s Cricket World Cup 2026
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Bangladesh face deadline over refusal to play World Cup in India

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19 January, 2026
Bangladesh has indicated willingness to send troops to Gaza [Getty]
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Bangladesh seeks to join international force in Gaza

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11 January, 2026
Supporters and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and allied Islamic parties gather during a rally in Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh's Islamist party open to unity government after vote

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31 December, 2025
Bangladesh ex-premier Khaleda Zia gets bail in 5 cases
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Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia dies aged 80

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30 December, 2025
General view of the Prothom Alo building, after it was attacked, vandalized, and set ablaze. Violence broke out in Dhaka following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi on 19 December 2025.
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Thousands attend funeral of killed Bangladesh student leader

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20 December, 2025
Protesters gather at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka on December 19, 2025, following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi.
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Bangladesh rocked by unrest after death of student leader

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19 December, 2025
Prospective Independent Candidate Of National Parliament Election Sh
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Bangladesh to airlift wounded uprising leader after shooting

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15 December, 2025
Exhumation Of The Bodies Of July Martyrs
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Bangladesh begins exhuming mass grave from 2024 uprising

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07 December, 2025
Tulip Siddiq, Labour MP, attends The Women's Prize For Fiction Awards at Bedford Square Gardens on June 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)
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Bangladesh court jails British MP Tulip Siddiq in absentia

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01 December, 2025
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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets 21 years in jail for corruption

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27 November, 2025
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks as she is sworn in for a fifth term at the Presidential Palace in Dhaka on January 11, 2024
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Bangladesh asks India to extradite ousted leader Sheikh Hasina

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23 November, 2025
People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka on November 17, 2025.
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Bangladesh ex-PM sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

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17 November, 2025
Chief Adviser of Bangladesh's interim government Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a government-organised event in Dhaka on August 5, 2025.
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Bangladesh's Yunus calls for reform on revolution anniversary

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05 August, 2025
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Bangladesh protest victim gives evidence at ex-PM trial

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03 August, 2025
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gestures while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024
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Bangladesh ex-PM accused of 'systematic attack' on protesters

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01 June, 2025
Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami leader A.T.M. Azharul Islam was detained in Dhaka [Getty]
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Bangladesh top court acquits Islamist leader on death row

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27 May, 2025
Chief advisor of Bangladesh's interim government, Muhammad Yunus (R) sits along with Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman (L) and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres during an iftar programme with the Rohingya community, at a refugee camp in Ukhia, Cox' Bazar on March 14, 2025.
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Bangladesh minister says Yunus 'not going to step down'

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23 May, 2025
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Nahid Islam and the rise of Bangladesh's second republic

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06 May, 2025