As the chief adviser to the interim government, Yunus is the de facto prime minister of Bangladesh. The Yunus-led set-up took over in August 2024 after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced into ...

Muhammad Yunus, leader of Bangladesh’s interim government, gestures to the Rohingya people as he attends a Ramadan solidarity iftar at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on ...

To many, the decision signaled a shift supported by Yunus' government in which Islamists are gaining momentum with further fragmentation of Bangladesh’s politics and the shrinking of liberal forces.

Bangladesh will hold elections in early April 2026 for the first time since a mass uprising overthrew the government last year, interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Friday.

Yunus last held an all-party meeting — to discuss efforts to overhaul Bangladesh’s democratic system — on February 15, and some parties cited frustration at the lack of contact.

Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus has indicated that a national election could take place as early as the week before Ramadan begins in February, should reforms advance sufficiently in ...

Bangladesh's Election Commission has cancelled the registration of the former ruling party of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, preventing it from participating in the next national election ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus on Friday said that the country will hold national elections in the first half of April 2026.

Bangladesh's interim leader Muhammad Yunus says he has a duty to implement democratic reforms before elections he has vowed will take place by June 2026 at the latest Indranil MUKHERJEE ...