Bangladesh will hold its 13th national election on February 12, 2026 , said the country’s Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday.

This will be the first election in the country since the ouster of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government following a mass uprising.

Uddin said that a national referendum on the “July Declaration” would also be held on the same day, reported Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.

The declaration promises full state and constitutional recognition of the 2024 student protests.

In August, Muhammad Yunus , the head of the country’s interim government, said that the declaration was essential to ensure “no future government can become fascist again”.

Yunus, a Nobel laureate economist, took over as chief adviser of Bangladesh’s in

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