Held alongside Bangladesh’s parliamentary election was a referendum on sweeping constitutional reforms rooted in the anti-corruption and pro-democracy demands that fuelled the mass protests of 2024. Yet despite the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami positioning itself as a vehicle for change, voters ultimately placed their trust in the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) – a party firmly rooted in the country’s political establishment. Michael Kugelman, senior fellow for South Asia at the Atlantic

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