New Delhi: Bangladesh will hold its first general election since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on 12 February, the country’s Election Commission announced Thursday.

Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M. Nasir Uddin announced the dates in a pre-recorded national address, officially initiating what he described as the country’s most consequential electoral process in decades. The polls will include the 13th National Parliamentary Election and a referendum on the ‘July Charter’, a reform proposal drafted under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim administration over the past year.

Since Hasina’s ouster in August 2024, Bangladesh has been governed by the interim administration which has pledged to stabilise the country and overhaul State institutions affected by political ch

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