#FirstpostNews: Bangladesh Votes in High-Stakes Showdown Between BNP and Jamaat-Led Alliance Polls have formally closed in Bangladesh’s landmark election, setting the stage for a decisive contest between Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and an 11-party coalition led by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman. While surveys place Rahman as the frontrunner for prime minister, the Jamaat-backed alliance bolstered by the National Citizen Party formed by leaders of the 2024 uprising

Tarique Rahman is on course to become the new prime minister of Bangladesh after his centre-right Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a majority of more than two-thirds of seats in parliament in a landmark election. Rahman, 60, is the figurehead of the influential Zia family, who have dominated politics in the country for decades. Both of his parents previously served as leaders of Bangladesh. The BBC's Yogita Limaye reports from outside the BNP headquarters in Dhaka. Tap the link in @BBCNews