As Bangladesh votes for its most crucial election on Thursday, the radical Jamaat-e-Islami and its leader, Shafiqur Rahman, are using religion and money to lure voters to elect the country's first Islamist-led government.
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Bangladesh General Election 2026 LIVE Updates: Bangladesh is voting for a crucial national election today, the first since the July 2024 uprising that ended former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15 years of iron-fisted rule.
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Clashes have been reported between Jamaat and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters in Mirpur-10 Constituency in Dhaka. Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman is contesting from this seat. Voting is underway on 299 seats in Bangladesh.
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A 28-year-old Hindu man was found dead with visible injury marks on his body in Moulvibazar district in Bangladesh on Wednesday, a day before crucial voting, triggering fresh concerns among minorities about election violence.
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The vote is a direct contest between frontrunner Tarique Rahman's BNP and a Jamaat-e-Islami-led coalition of 11 parties.
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Bangladesh’s first post-uprising election tests whether a new generation can truly reshape power.