Bangladesh PM-to-be celebrates landslide win, thanks protesters

SCMP · 2026-02-14
Bangladesh PM-to-be celebrates landslide win, thanks protesters

Bangladesh’s prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman on Saturday dedicated his landslide election win to those who “sacrificed for democracy”, calling for unity after the first polls since a deadly 2024 uprising. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Rahman, 60, the scion of one of the most pow