History has a way of lingering in the margins before it returns, often inconveniently, to the center of political life. The passage of H. Res. 1130 in the United States Congress is one such ...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 12 (ANI): With voting underway for the 13th parliamentary elections, key leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami, National Citizen party (NCP) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP ...

Jamaat-e-Islami has become Bangladesh's main opposition after rebranding itself as anti-establishment, winning a third of ...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 12 (ANI): Amidst polling for the 13th parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Khaleduz Zaman alleged discrepancies in voting in certain places.

DHAKA, Bangladesh (OSV News) — As the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Feb. 12 won the Muslim-majority country’s first parliamentary elections since a Gen Z uprising in 2024, Catholic bishops’ welcomed ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – An Islamist party has become Bangladesh's main opposition for the first time in the country's history, challenging the old dynastic political system despite persistent concerns ...

The Jamaat-e-Islami party has contested the Bangladesh election results, demanding a recount in 32 constituencies where their candidates faced defeat. Despite securing their best performance, they ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman pays a courtesy visit to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman at the latter’s residence, following the BNP’s sweeping victory in the ...

The much-anticipated election results from Bangladesh are out. The BNP has secured 209 seats, while the Jamaat-e-Islami won 68, as the Election Commission disclosed the unofficial election results for ...

For decades, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami was seen as a coalition-dependent junior partner, rarely able to translate its organisational depth into standalone electoral power. Its best performance came ...

The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before. By Anupreeta Das and ...