Bangladesh Election 2026 Voting Live: Tarique Rahman, the son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), attends an election rally ahead of national election in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh Election 2026 Voting Live Updates: Bangladesh is all set to hold its crucial parliamentary elections Thursday, February 12, 2026, about 18 months after a student-led uprising toppled the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s administration which was being spearheaded by the Awami League and an interim government took charge under Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. The 13th Parliamentary elections are being held in the country simultaneously along with a referendum on the 84-point reform package. Hasina’s Awami League has been banned from the polls and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) appears to be the frontrunner.

BNP frontrunner in Bangladesh polls: The Bangladesh elections are centered around two political parties, namely BNP and its former ally Jamaat-e-Islami. But the 60-year-old son of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman, who returned to Dhaka after 17 years of self-imposed exile, is widely seen as the front-runner in Thursday’s poll. Rahman has promised job creation, maintaining law and order and an enhanced level of freedom of speech.

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