Bangladesh heads to the polls on February 12 in an election unlike any in its recent history.    With the long‑dominant Awami League (AL) barred from participating , an Islamist alliance, strengthened by the student‑led National Citizen Party (NCP), has emerged as a powerful contender. For the first time since independence in 1971, Islamist forces appear poised for their strongest electoral showing, reshaping expectations about the Muslim-majority nation's political future. The dramatic shift

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