India, Feb. 10 -- Bangladesh is gearing up for general elections on February 12, with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) seen as a frontrunner after 19 months of political unrest following Sheikh Hasina's exit.

The election comes about a year-and-a-half after a student-led uprising ousted the Awami League government headed by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. Hasina has since been living in exile in India while her party has been banned from the electoral process.

With Hasina absent from the political scene in Bangladesh, the BNP has emerged as the forerunner in the upcoming elections, with its longtime ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, being its main rival.

While 2024 witnessed Sheikh Hasina's ouster, something else too hap...