Bangladesh will hold a parliamentary election on February 12, authorities said, in what would be the country’s first national vote since last year’s student-led uprising that removed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

In a televised address on Thursday, the chief election commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin confirmed the date and said a national referendum on political reforms would also be held on the same day.

The announcement comes as the interim administration struggles to steady the political landscape. The caretaker government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus , has faced renewed demonstrations over delays to political and institutional reforms promised after Hasina’s removal from power.

Hasina’s party remains excluded from the ballot, and its leaders have warned that unrest co

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