Bangladesh Nationalist Party Secures Landslide Victory in First Post-Coup Election; Tarique Rahman Poised to Become Prime Minister

Dhaka. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has secured a massive victory in the first election held after the ousting of the government in 2024, making Tarique Rahman almost certain to become the next Prime Minister.According to the Election Commission's data, the BNP alliance won 212 out of the total 300 parliamentary seats, while the Islamist-led Jamaat-e-Islami alliance secured 77 seats.Two days before the voting, Rahman had expressed confidence that his party, defeated during the 15-year autocratic rule of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, would regain power in the South Asian nation of 170 million people.Rahman returned to Bangladesh last December...