General elections were held in Bangladesh on 12 February 2026 to elect members of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was the first general election since the July Uprising of 2024 that ended the 15-year-long rule
2026 03 03, Rear Admiral Md. Ziaul Haque hands memento to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Dhaka
Shafiqur Rahman 2026
Nahid Islam 2026
Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban being stormed by the protesters following the July Uprising
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party, abbreviated as BNP, is a major centre to centre-right political party in Bangladesh. It was founded by the former president Ziaur Rahman in 1978, adhering the ideolog
2026 Bangladeshi general election
…members of the Jatiya Sangsad. It was the first general election since the July Uprising of 2024 that ended the 15-year-long rule of Sheikh Hasina. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Tarique Rahman, won a landslide victory in the election, securing two-thirds of seats; Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami secured the second most…
Founder of BNP, President Ziaur Rahman
Abdus Sattar served as the country's eighth president and as the BNP's second chairperson.
Khaleda Zia served as the country's prime minister and as the BNP's third chairperson.
The party's fourth and current chairman, Tarique Rahman