Bangladesh Elections, Feb. 12 -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was ahead of Islamist Jamaat‑e‑Islami, according to early trends, as counting continued after Bangladesh held a pivotal national election on Thursday. The election was the first since the 2024 student-led uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina after fifteen years of Awami League rule.

The election was a direct contest between Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a coalition of 11 parties, led by the resurgent Jamaat-e-Islami party's chief, Shafiqur Rahman.

Rahman emerged as a frontrunner for the prime ministerial post in most of the opinion polls. Rahman was ahead in both the Dhaka and Bogura constituencies that he contested, as early t...