Dhaka, Dec 28, 2025 (AFP) - Bangladesh uprising leaders form election alliance with Islamists

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2025-12-28

Bangladesh's largest Islamist party announced on Sunday a seat-sharing agreement with a political outfit formed by students who spearheaded last year's uprising, some of whose members oppose the alliance. Jamaat-e-Islami appears determined to gain a foothold in government after next year's general election, the first polls since the student-led revolt toppled prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024. Islamist movements that were crushed under......

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