India, Feb. 12 -- For the first time in 30 years, the legacy political party, the Awami League, is absent from the ballot for Bangladesh's general elections. Dhaka will be voting on Thursday in a crucial poll which will shape the trajectory of the nation as it reels from nearly two years of political turmoil.

Thursday's election also marks the first since the 2024 student-led movement toppled the Sheikh Hasina government, prompting the former prime minister to flee to India. Follow LIVE updates on Bangladesh elections here

Awami League is one of the oldest political parties in Bangladesh, with one of its co-founders being Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, former president and prime minister and Sheikh Hasina's father.

Following the mass unrest in...