Bangladesh will vote on Thursday, nearly 19 months after a student-led uprising forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee Dhaka. Since 2009, when Hasina came to power, opposition parties have claimed multiple times that the elections are neither free nor fair. "I expect the new government to understand young job seekers like me," said first-time voter Monika Akter, 24, from Bogura district. “My fear centres around what would be the scenario of the election day and post election period,” he said. “Will they be able to accept the verdict of Bangladesh’s voters and play their respective roles in helping to build a new Bangladesh?

Source: The Telegraph February 11, 2026 14:27 UTC