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Associated Press

Bangladesh’s interim leader announced on Tuesday that the parliamentary election will be in February, as the country marked a year since a student-led uprising led to the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Muhammad Yunus spoke in a televised address and said he would request that the Election Commission organise the election before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
That will begin on February 17 or 18, depending on when the new crescent moon is sighted there.
Earlier on Tuesday, Yunus marked the uprising’s anniversary by saying its spirit would build the future of the South Asian nation’s democracy.
But the event was held amid growing frustration over the interim administration’s failure to restore order and bring political bickering under control.

The election date has been one concern. The treatment of Hasina’s now-banned political party is another.
Yunus has promised an internationally acceptable election, but his critics say it could be questionable without her Awami League party, as it still has a significant support base.
Hasina has been in exile in neighbouring India since August 5, last year, following her 15-year rule. She faces trial for crimes against humanity over the hundreds of deaths during the student-led uprising.
Yunus had sought an April election, but major political parties, mainly the Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, sought a February vote.
Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for his past work developing microcredit markets, was flanked by senior leaders of major political parties as he announced a road map aimed at national unity, democratic reforms and inclusive governance.
A student group that led the anti-Hasina movement had formed a political party, the National Citizen Party, and campaigned for the declaration.
Senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami party were present. Zia is Hasina’s arch-rival, and her party is the main contender for power in the election.


The presence of the Jamaat-e-Islami, the country’s largest Islamist party, was especially visible on the streets of the capital, Dhaka. The supporters of its student wing carried the flags of Bangladesh and Palestine.
Bangladesh is at a crossroads, with political parties struggling to find a way forward with inclusive politics. The rise of the Jamaat-e-Islami and other Islamist forces has drawn attention since Hasina’s ouster.


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People hold Bangladesh’s national flag as they celebrate during a government-organised event in Dhaka on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Muhammad Yunus, interim head of the Bangladesh government, in January. Photo: Reuters

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A Bangladeshi man walks past anti-government wall murals along a road in Dhaka. Bangladesh on July 1, 2025, marks one year since students launched protests that culminated weeks later in the overthrow of the government. Photo: AFP

Protesters celebrate beside a defaced portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after news of her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. Photo: AP

Habibur Rahman was permanently blinded in his right eye by a birdshot fired by Bangladeshi security forces. Photo: Sazzad Hossain

Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh’s national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s palace in Dhaka on August 5. Photo: TNS

Muhammad Yunus, interim head of the Bangladesh government, in January. Yunus is finding it hard to deliver on expectations a year after the uprising. Photo: Reuters

A vendor waits for customers at the vegetable wholesale market in the Shyam Bazar area in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Monday. Momentum for reform has stalled amid high inflation and youth unemployment. Photo: EPA

Barricades and brickbats lie scattered on the road in Gopalganj on July 17, a day after the clashes broke out between supporters of the Awami League party and police during a rally by the National Citizen Party. Photo: AFP

A drone show in Dhaka on July 14 commemorates the uprising that toppled Bangladesh’s former regime. Photo: Sazzad Hossain

Nadira Yeasmin, a feminist college professor and outspoken critic of the shrinking space for women’s rights in Bangladesh, was stripped of her teaching duties after Islamist hardliners demanded her removal over her secular views. Photo: Sazzad Hossain.

Activists of the Hefazat-e Islam protest outside the national mosque in Dhaka in April 2021. Hardline Islamist groups are organising mass rallies, tapping up rural strongholds and shaping public discourse through mosques and madrasas. Photo: AFP

Bangladesh recordings suggest ex-PM Hasina ordered ‘lethal weapons’ be used on protesters

Police detain a man taking part in protesters, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in July  2024. Photo: Reuters

Bangladesh army personnel stand guard near the parliament house amid a curfew following clashes between police and protesters, in Dhaka on July 22, 2024. Photo: AFP

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Bangladeshi interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus (left) with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Beijing, China, on March 28. Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua

The Teesta River during its course along Lachen valley, in India’s Sikkim state, in 2023. There has been speculation that Chinese-led infrastructure projects could be developed near Bangladesh’s side of the river. Photo. Indian Army / AFP

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Protesters celebrate beside a defaced portrait of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after news of her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5 last year. Photo: AP

Activists participate in an event called ‘Droho Jatra’ (students-workers-people’s platform) and march starting from the National Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Friday, to mark the anniversary of Hasina’s ouster. Photo: EPA-EFE

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Demonstrators wave Bangladesh’s national flag during a rally in Dhaka last September marking one month since the ousting of the country’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: AFP

Muhammad Yunus took up the post of “chief adviser” of Bangadesh’s interim government days after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina fled last year following a student-led mass uprising. Photo: AFP

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The announcement of the parliamentary election comes a year after the uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina


The announcement of the parliamentary election comes a year after the uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.


Bangladesh sets February election date

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}The announcement of the parliamentary election comes a year after the uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

The announcement of the parliamentary election comes a year after the uprising that ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina