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Banglapress Published: 23 September 2025, 10:25 AM
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Country On Election Track
  Bangla Press Desk: The country is now firmly on the path to elections, just one year after the formation of the current interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus. Both the government and political parties have officially begun preparing for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election. The interim government was installed on 8 August 2024 following a mass uprising by students and the general public, which toppled the previous fascist Awami League regime led by autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina on 5 August. Since its inception, political parties have been demanding that national elections be held as soon as possible to facilitate a democratic transition. Anti-fascist political parties had long been engaged in movements and protests for nearly half a decade, demanding free, fair and neutral elections under a non-partisan caretaker government.
However, Sheikh Hasina’s authoritarian regime held unilateral and largely symbolic elections in 2014, 2018 and 2024, remaining in power through what critics allege was extensive use of state machinery and systematic destruction of democratic institutions. Amid pressure from political parties—especially the major opposition party BNP – Prof Yunus met with BNP’s acting chairman Tarique Rahman in London on 13 June, where they reached an understanding that parliamentary elections would be held in February 2026, ahead of the month of Ramadan. This article was originally published on Daily Sun. [Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.] B P/SP
[Bangla Press is a global platform for free thought. It provides impartial news, analysis, and commentary for independent-minded individuals. Our goal is to bring about positive change, which is more important today than ever before.]

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