The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has swept to victory with a two-third majority but the conservative Jamaat-e-Islami has had its strongest showing ever
A special series on Bangladesh’s first election after the 2024 July Revolution as the country searches for new paths in the wake of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic rule
With women comprising only four percent of candidates in 2026 general election, Bangladesh’s post-Hasina transition is reproducing the patriarchy it promised to dismantle
An alliance with the student-led National Citizen Party gives the Jamaat-e-Islami a chance to rebrand ahead of Bangladesh’s first election since the July Revolution
Sociologist Samina Luthfa talks about how women have been caught between an interim government failing to protect them and rising Islamist conservatism targeting their freedoms
The unrest that followed Sharif Osman Hadi’s death was 18 months in the making, as an unresolved revolution, selective justice and tolerated street violence steadily destabilised Bangladesh
This week in Himal
Estelle Vasudevan writes about her journey into sports journalism, which mirrors the rise of the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team, despite shortfalls in funding and
A youth bulge, economic failures, corruption and the perversion of democratic processes are shared causes behind the protest movements that have toppled governments in Southasia
