Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has said national elections will take place in the first half April next year.

Thousands of supporters of the powerful Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) rallied in Dhaka, shutting down central streets, demanding their candidate be installed as the capital's mayor.

Sponsor Message Since then, it has been dominated by the Awami League, led by Hasina, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), led by Khaleda Zia, widow of former military ruler Ziaur Rahman.

DHAKA: The organisations that spearheaded the July uprising in Bangladesh and unseated ... The meetings reportedly reinforced full support for BNP's demand for free and fair polls.

The political scene in post-Hasina Bangladesh is in ... AL bring them together to form an alliance? Their similar positions on some issues, notwithstanding, the BNP and JI have differences.