Senior BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, a prominent face from Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community, secured victory in a Dhaka constituency during the country’s 13th national parliamentary elections on Friday. Roy won the Dhaka-3 seat with 99,163 votes, defeating his closest rival, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Md Shahinur Islam, according to the state-run BSS news agency. ADVERTISEMENTHis victory comes against the backdrop of alleged harassment targeting members of the minority Hindu community in recent months. In a separate contest, the only Hindu candidate fielded by the radical Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami was defeated in the Khulna-1 constituency. Krishna Nandi secured 70,346 votes, while BNP candidate Amir Ejaz Khan won comfortably with 1,21,352 votes.

Source: The Telegraph February 13, 2026 10:15 UTC