A local Awami League leader of Gaibandha’s Palashbari upazila died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital while in jail custody early yesterday.

At least nine people were injured and a house was set on fire in post-election violence in five districts on Saturday.

The Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) said yesterday that the confidence gained on Election Day in Bangladesh will last only if post‑election governance focuses on reconciliation through transitional justice and accountability under the rule of law.

Since the day after the February 12 national parliamentary election and referendum in Bangladesh, news outlets have reported incidents of post‑election violence in various parts of the country.

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman described the just-concluded polls as an “acceptable, fair election”, saying the outcome was widely accepted and made possible by soldiers’ “responsibility and efficiency”.

The BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami recorded significant gains in vote share and seats compared to 1991, each rising by nearly 20 percentage points.

The interim government has disclosed parts of the recently signed trade agreement with the United States, under which the reciprocal tariff on Bangladeshi goods was reduced from 20 percent to 19 percent after nine months of negotiation.

The National Human Rights Commission yesterday sent a letter to Hatia Police Station in Noakhali, asking the law enforcers to register a complaint and take necessary legal steps over the alleged rape and torture of a woman there.

The new parliament will feature a significant number of new faces, with first‑time lawmakers set to take up the roles of both the leader of the House and the opposition leader for the first time in the country’s history.

In a rare gesture in Bangladesh’s often adversarial political culture, BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman met Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam yesterday evening, setting a tone of cooperation ahead of the incoming government.

By carefully choosing candidates for key posts, BNP seeks to build a competent, controversy‑free cabinet that will send a positive message to the people, party insiders said.

Businesspersons will make up more than half of the new parliament, according to affidavits filed with the Election Commission during the election.

Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla and foreign ministers of Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan will attend the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected government of Bangladesh led by BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman tomorrow.

One of them is a former president of Pirojpur Sadar BNP, another GS of Shankarpasha unit

Refurbishment, repairs and cleaning were underway at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban yesterday as preparations intensified for the swearing-in ceremonies of the newly elected MPs and the new cabinet.

Five people were killed and 12 others injured in road accidents across three districts over the last two days, according to reports from our correspondents.

A newly constructed road along the Turag river in Gazipur partially collapsed before it could be formally inaugurated, just nine days after completion.

Grabbers attempted to reoccupy land along the Bakkhali river in Cox’s Bazar town on the night of February 11 by constructing around 30 makeshift structures.

Across the five parliamentary constituencies of Narsingdi, 27 out of 41 candidates forfeited their election deposits after receiving less than one-eighth (12.5 percent) of the total valid votes cast.

While the BNP secured a significant victory nationwide in the 13th parliamentary election, the party faced challenges in its traditional strongholds in Pabna district.