NewzVille International
In a major development Bangladesh will hold national elections on February 12 to elect a new parliament, marking its first vote since a student-led uprising forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee from the country last year.
Over 127.6 million voters are eligible to participate across all 300 constituencies.
A referendum on implementing the July National Charter will also take place on the same day.
The simultaneous scheduling of the national election and the referendum represents a rare political moment, as the country faces key decisions on both leadership and constitutional direction.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Awami League, led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has rejected the general election schedule, calling the administration “illegal” and incapable of ensuring a free and fair vote.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, the party accused the Muhammad Yunus–led caretaker authority of being an “occupying, killer-fascist clique” and asserted that any election conducted under its supervision would lack transparency, neutrality, and public legitimacy. The party also demanded Yunus’s resignation.
